Even people capable of living in the past don't really know what the future holds.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

You have All it takes to be Great, See the unseen, Give the Good in your hand now to Activate that Great Grace for Greatness.

Responsibility for learning belongs to the student, regardless of age.

What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.

I think you have to live inside your contradictions and find a way to accept that that's the human condition - to be forced to live in contradiction.

Please understand nearly every concept I hold near and dear has been stolen from others much brighter and better than me.

I didn't get into film to win Academy Awards. I wanted to have a conversation with the audience.

When I finished the book [The Dissemblers], I sent it to one billion agents, and got one billion rejections.

The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself.

I never go to the cinema. I can't stand sitting in the dark with strangers -- all of us obliged to share the same emotional experiences -- it's too intimate. I like to be emotional in private.

The world is absolutely out of control now and is not going to be saved by any reason or unreason.