Alan invented all sorts of ways of expressing things so that only he and I understood. He used language as a place for us to hide.

Hope is not a door, but a sense that there might be a door at some point, some way out of the problems of the present moment even before that way is found or followed.

Just follow my lead, ’ I said. ‘It’ll be fun.’‘Please, ’ Sam begged, ‘don’t let those words be carved on my tombstone.

If my whole game depends on whether you can guess the ending or not, I'm done, forget it.

When you serve others, when you make somebody else’s life better, when you lift up people, when you help heal those that are hurting, not only are they being blessed, but you’re being blessed.

Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which can only be acquired by occasional retirement.

I reserve the right to evolve. What I think and feel today is subject to revision tomorrow.

Few maxims are true in every respect.

If I lost control of the business I'd lose myself - or at least the ability to be myself. Owning myself is a way to be myself.

No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.

It was like a dream to me to suddenly get into the market with that kind of movie, like La Haine. It actually created my identity as an actor, that thing.