We want to be in a situation under maximum pressure, maximum intensity, and maximum danger. When it's shared with others, it provides a bond which is stronger than any tie that can exist.

In a world full of people, only some want to fly. Isn't that crazy?

What I love most about fatherhood is the opportunity to be a part of the development process of a new life.

Life is short. Life is uncertain. But we know that we have today. And we have each other. I believe that for each of us, there is a place on the frontlines.

We're never gonna survive unless we go a little crazy.

Everything really is beautiful if you choose to see it that way.

Anything in life worth doing is worth overdoing. Moderation is for cowards.

There's nothing better than going out there and performing and making that connection with audiences. Even after all this time I get the biggest buzz from that.

Alone, human beings can feel hunger. Alone, we can feel cold. Alone, we can feel pain. To feel poor, however, is something we do only in comparison to others.

Packing is my pet hate.

I believe that our society is merely a reflection of what is going on inside each and every one of us.

When you find that one person who's worth taking a bullet for is the on standing behind the trigger.

I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.

There is no fundamental social change by being simply of individual and interpersonal actions. You have to have organizations and institutions that make a fundamental difference.

Of all our sunny world, i wish only for a garden sofa where a cat is sunning itself

In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.

I've never had a good game plan. At a certain point, making independent films became more and more appealing to me because I like freshness and originality.

Never be silent with persons you love and distrust," Mr. Carpenter had said once. "Silence betrays.

I've said that "2012" was my favorite ensemble cast, because it was so evenly good.

Moviemaking is a hard job and this industry is crazy. You never know what is going to happen.

You'd think that in this age, especially in the 21st century - especially with all the technology and all the discoveries that we've made - that we would figure out how to tackle abuse.