Why is it that people think staying in a bad relationship is better than being single? Don't they know that being single is the first step to finding a great relationship?

My nemesis - my downfall, if you will - was relationships, and trying to fulfill them.

Happiness can be just as contagious as misery.

You would not want to be responsible for someone else's happiness, so please do not hold someone else responsible for yours!

When a person goes into a relationship emotionally needy, they are not going to have discernment in choosing people.

Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you.

Very few cinematographers, other than the Europeans, know how to light women like they used to in the old days.

We all have human emotions that rob our lives.

A lot of people got lost in Hollywood while trying to become a star. They lost themselves.

One of the biggest favors that you can do for yourself is to accept your loved ones for who they are, and not be constantly disappointed because they are not who you think they should be.

If you go into a relationship expecting someone else to fill you up, you're doomed right off.

Write from your heart, write with blood and courage.

Hard work is a necessity of today in order to live a great life tomorrow.

People will want you to behave a certain way, to make a certain choice because it reinforces the way they see the world...But you have to do what's right for you.

Be aware that the reward for labour, and quantity of labour, are quite disparate things.

It is better to get wisdom than gold. Gold is another's, wisdom is our own; gold is for the body and time, wisdom for the soul and eternity.

I do not believe it is in our nature to love impartially. We deceive ourselves when we think we can love two beings, even our own children, equally. There is always a dominant affection.

And the verse falls to the soul like dew to the pasture.

When we meet someone and fall in love, we have a sense that the whole universe is on our side. And yet if something goes wrong, there is nothing left!

The sexual orientation of my parents has had zero effect on the content of my character.

An essential part of power is the freedom not to think too deeply