We are what the past has made us. We are what the future will make us. Live now. Right now.

Every villain is a hero in his own mind.

Well, I think there are no villains in this world. There are just misunderstood heroes.

You never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain.

Haters never win. I just think that's true about life, because negative energy always costs in the end.

Make love, not war. Unless you’re Loki, in which case: do what you want.

We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize that we only have one

Tony Stark in 'Iron Man' helped wider audiences finally embrace the enormous talent of Robert Downey Jr.

Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no imagination. The sky's the limit. Your sky. Your limit. Now. Let's dance.

Don’t judge people on who they used to be. Allow them to be who they are now.

I think everyone should pursue their dreams. Whether you want to play football, act, sing, become a writer or whatever you have burning inside you as you’re growing up, you should pursue it.

We make our own destiny.

Remember, the burden of sorrow is doubled when it is borne alone.

I'd rather write great songs because the word "commercial" is so subjective

Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a cure for AIDS in the marketplace before Magic Johnson gets AIDS?

My request that my writing be read twice has aroused great indignation. Unjustly so. After all, I do not ask that they be read once.

Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Doing the big budget films really makes you appreciate doing movies like Shelter. It's because this is like doing theater, you just have to hit the ground running

I'm seventy-one now, so it's hard to imagine a dramatic change.

It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.

The novel may stimulate you to think. It may satisfy your aesthetic sense. It may arouse your moral emotions. But if it does not entertain you it is a bad novel.