Well, I try not to think about the general public since I have no idea what the general public is and I don't think anybody does.

Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail.

I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.

But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.

Theres a bunch of Elvis Costello records that made all the difference between feeling like a total freak and feeling like ... only a freak. A freak among other freaks

I didn't have a hard time making it. I had a hard time letting it go.

Everything means nothing to me

I truly hope the future will bring me something to feel nostalgic about, because there's really nothing much so far I can remember fondly.

Somewhere where people aren't so mad would be nice, but I don't know if there is anywhere like that.

Music is worth doing just because. It doesn’t have to be justified by some political point of view, and it’s kind of insulting to the music to make it a tool for something else.

Haven't laughed this hard in a long time. I better stop now before I start crying. Go off to sleep in the sunshine...I don't want to see the day when its dying.

You will never get to a new place by walking an old path.

We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momen

It is the main motivation of mankind to be free, to express our true selves and pursue our dreams without restriction--to experience what may be called Personal Freedom.

How strange! I thought, though everybody hated and despised each other, they could not avoid loving me.

For makeup, a bit of blusher — what you call bronzer — a bit of an eye, and an eyelash curler.

You can quit your job, but you can't quit your calling.

Always bet on yourself, no matter what the odds are. It means more to be in the race than watching the victory lap from the stands.

Fortify courage with the true rampart of patience.

What is compelling with 'War Horse' is the jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring craftsmanship in this movie.