When I see my children, and when I see the people who value me, I know how lucky I am.

You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're just going to go forward and live the life that you've been granted.

I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.

Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments.

I split my time between Santa Barbara and Aspen. I live on a pretty fast horse.

Field of Dreams is probably our generation's It's A Wonderful Life.

Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen.

Broken people say awful things and do incredibly absurd things.

When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors.

When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you.

I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.'

Some things cannot be taught

Pure joy is rare. That’s why for every meal I eat a really bloody steak.

We can help pave the roads of those around us, but we can't choose their direction.

But here's the thing about crazy: It. Wants. Out.

There are no college courses to build up self-esteem or high school or elementary school. If you don't get those values at a early age, nurtured in your home, you don't get them.

Knowing that we are fulfilling God's purpose is the only thing that gives rest to the restless human heart.

The novelist works neither to correct nor to condone, not at all to comfort, but to make what's told alive.

All I'm saying is that I understand if the novelty's worn off and you want to get off the carousel ride now before it kills you.

Mankind is ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything is altered.

I will always have a very deep love for Amy Winehouse.