You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer".

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

Don't blame my heart's appetite for how it chooses to feast, for my heart is a wild lover, an all-consuming beast.

One may suffer the long-term in order to grow in appreciation for the small things. For in short-term suffering, one only notices the large.

How could I feel something when... I always get screw up... good people get killed and bad people just make suicides.

When writing a book what is more important? Grammar and spelling or telling a great story? I know which I would choose.

Working with [Robert] De Niro taught me a lot about being an actor's director.

Oh, one soon makes friends with invalids; and I need so much to have someone to live for.

God is infinitely creative, and everyone's different, and everyone has a different path, a different lesson, a different song, a different face, a different voice.

At no point was my career under threat, so I always knew that I would get back into action.

I don't go where I'm tolerated. I go where I'm celebrated.

It is silliness to live when to live is torment, and then have we a prescription to die when death is our physician.