When two peoples share a common passion: they are capable of empathising with each other's misery.

Every endeavour pursued with passion produces a successful outcome, regardless of the result. For it is not about winning or losing – rather, the effort put forth in producing the outcome.

Progress is built, in effect, upon the foundations of necessary failure. That is the essential paradox of expert performance.

Mere experience, if it is not matched by deep concentration, does not translate into excellence.

Creativity is, in many respects, a response.

Marginal gains is not about making small changes and hoping they fly. Rather, it is about breaking down a big problem into small parts in order to rigorously establish what works and what doesn't.

I had to make water ” I said. It was the classic female excuse and no male in recorded history had ever questioned it.

I've always felt that work - learning from people who know more than I know - is what keeps you going.

Creativity is born of chaos, even if it is somewhat difficult to glimpse the possibilities in the midst of the confusion.

It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity what he cannot retain.

I want to do dramas. I want to do comedies.

I think in a sense this is a house that was built on a bad foundation. And the foundation was the Americans coming here and allowing the sacking, burning and plunder of Baghdad, for whatever reason.

I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me.

The first time I ever screamed at someone was in a scene, and I'd never screamed at someone in my life.

There's a good sense of fun and lack of sarcasm in the Texans, maybe a little earnestness which is kind of why I found it quite Australian.

Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose.