We never graduate from first grade. Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning.

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.

Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.

Handwriting is more connected to the movement of the heart.

We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded.

I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It means knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be doing on this earth, and then simply doing it.

This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don't wait.

Writers end up writing about their obsessions. Things that haunt them; things they can’t forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting to be released.

It is odd that we never question the feasibility of a football team practicing long hours for one game; yet in writing we rarely give ourselves the space for practice.

Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.

Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure.

CEOs should be measured by the value they create into the community, the shareholders and the members of the company.

I love the fashion which is out of fashion.

History is so subjective. The teller of it determines it.

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.

It's nothing really. It's the unique presentation that makes me look good in the action scenes. Why did I dare do them? That's a funny question! Why do I act? Why do I breathe!

Love is nature's LSD. You're going to see things that aren't really there.

The Minister of Transport issued this appeal to motorists: Can anyone give him a lift to Leicester?

It's been so important that the Chamber of Commerce, for example, has hosted hiring fairs that are specifically targeted to military communities.

True giving happens when we give from our heart.