Even if the effort is bound to fail you still commit completely. It is the commitment that counts for something.

Alteration is a constructive act, not a destructive one, and it's the opposite of most of our impulses.

With nothing to risk, love can't exist.

The tragedy is that, as modern viewers, we've completely lost touch with what it physically takes to wage a war.

Determination in spite of the challenge makes us stronger.

Life is better when happiness is your only purpose.

Sometimes the most influential thing we can do is listen.

Some persons, instead of making a religion for their God, are content to make a god of their religion.

I came away from that set [ Hail, Caesar !] super inspired, and like I said, it ruined all future endeavors. I'll never have as good an experience as that.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

I suspect that even though the various questions are difficult and many, they are not as difficult and many as those we faced when we started the Apollo [space program] in 1961.

Improvisation is empowering because it welcomes the unknown. And since what's impossible is always unknown, it allows me to believe I can cheat the impossible.

I know nothing about hip-hop... There's only so many times you can grab your crotch and prance around stage. I'm gonna get slammed now for this.

We fail our children if we say, 'Don't do as I do, but do as I say'.