You do not ask a tame seagull why it needs to disappear from time to time toward the open sea. It goes, that's all.

I hate storms, but calms undermine my spirits.

A sailor's joys are as simple as a child's.

The questions that used to bother me at times, do not weigh anything before the immensity of a wake so close to the sky and filled with the wind of the sea

When a great adventure is launched with a powerful thrust, fatigue in the muscles and doubts in the mind are swept away by a fullness that moves life along like a breath from the depths of the soul.

When writing a book, don't think about who is going to see it. Write about how you feel in the moment. Don't let a good idea get away.

Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing of all.

Common sense is the folklore of philosophy.

I started my career as a singer in Japan, but left it all behind to focus on my dancing career.

I let the scripts basically be my Bible.

If you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else.

I think having a fighter in the lead, a female fighter in the lead, is exactly what America needs.

True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.

Alot of peo­ple think our lives are all about tak­ing pic­tures and stuff like that. But it becomes a real bother when they're tak­ing pic­tures of you all the time.

I got good advice once. Someone said to me: 'Live in your money rather than look at it.