Bad teaching is teaching which presents an endless procession of meaningless signs, words and rules, and fails to arouse the imagination.

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.

Secrecy was the problem; transparency the obvious cure.

I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

One day you're the statue. One day you're the pigeon.

Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.

Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination.

A good marriage is a contest of generosity.

People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong.

Do something you really love in the most adventurous place you can and make sure it helps other people.

Don't let other people tell you who you are.

A man has the strength to face what he is thrown in life. If he falls or is beaten, he does not complain but gets up and rides in to face the challenge once more.

To win the hearts of beautiful creatures, your stories must always be told with a joyful face, full of sweetness and love, seen at a distance with kindness.

History may be accurate. But archaeology is precise.

To choose Norm Coleman over Walter Mondale is like going to a great steakhouse and ordering the tuna sandwich.

I'm basically a control freak. It's not because I want to be. I'm not at all into the power play that's involved in it.

There is always a chance of failure, of producing something totally unnecessary. But I guess that chance of failure is what makes tightrope walking, race-car driving.

I don't usually like talking about acting or what my process is, and all those kinds of things, because I don't necessarily think it's helpful to talk about how I do my job.

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

I'm not Italian, I am Neapolitan! It's another thing!

Sometimes I think I disguise myself as a teacher in order to make the pictures I need to see.