For any single thing you can do, there is one person who is best in the world. Usually it is Mike Caro.

Aces are larger than life and greater than mountains.

If you speak the truth, you spoil the game.

Every conscious act requires risk. Every conscious act requires decision. Put these two facts together and you realize that the secret to life is not to avoid gambling but to gamble well.

You win some, you lose some, and you keep it to yourself.

As long as people allow themselves to be shocked, outraged or disgusted, there will be those who see that this happens, just so they can watch.

Don't leave it to the law of averages to make you break even.

I am a lucky player; a powerful winning force surrounds me.

In the beginning, everything was even money.

False hope is sometimes much worse and sometimes much better than no hope.

It's hard to convince a winner that he's losing.

I let ya in—into my life...my death...my heart." He reached up like he was going to touch my face. "And now I don't know how to get ya out.

Anything is possible on a train: a great meal, a binge, a visit from card players, an intrigue, a good night's sleep, and strangers' monologues framed like Russian short stories.

You see? Age is no barrier to destiny.

Happiness doesn't just flow from success

Successful people believe in the validity of their own dreams and goals, even if dreams are all they have to go on.

It was great to do August Rush and have all the challenges of playing that character, especially the American accent for the first time and also playing the guitar and the conducting I had to do.

We can only make ourselves the victim.

Throughout my life I have taken detours in acting and writing, but art remains my abiding passion.

Better than nothing is not good enough for you!

I don't photograph any two people who are remotely the same.