All of us have a lot of sides to ourselves, but the fun thing about being actor is you make one side predominant for the character you're playing.

Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.

You don't worry about being liked. You have to be yourself.

Studios might support people trying to do something a little bit different and they'd be more open to the fact that there's more than one path to the waterfall.

I'm not a big gadget guy. When I write, I'll do the whole thing by hand, and then I'll put it into the computer.

I could keep trying to do the same kind of comedies. You know how it's going to go, and you can get an audience with it, but then I feel like a hamster on a wheel.

We don't have the right to bear arms because of burglars; we have the right to bear arms to resist the supreme power of a corrupt and abusive government.

I think we all have a lot of different personas inside of ourselves. What happens in life is that most people get caught up in presenting one persona that they feel safest in.

It's well known that the greatest defence against an intruder is the sound of a gun hammer being pulled back.

Relationships are a two way street. Not a highway and a bike path.

I'm not perfect, but who are we kidding? Neither are you. And you wanna know what? I dig it!

The ‘knowledge’ (gnan) that was resulting into ‘the things to be known’ (gneya)

For the record…” I took her hand and held it up. “These are the only hands I want on me.

All cat stories start with the statement: 'My mother, who was the first cat, told me this, ' and I lay with Jonas listening to his stories.

... it's possible to let love fly by like a cloud in a windy sky if one is too timid, or perhaps unable to believe he is entitled to good fortune.

All things require skill but an appetite.

Just when did I get to the point when staying at a hotel wasn't fun?

I'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of hope for humanity.

Each book gets harder, each book gets harder and harder. I always feel like crying when I have to write.

You have a lot of friends who love you dearly and you don't know who they are.

Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.