I am going to write my symphony; I'm just going to start tomorrow.

Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.

Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.

Don't cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you've got.

Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny.

The essence of professionalism is the focus upon the work and its demands, while we are doing it, to the exclusion of all else.

The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.

We come into this world with a specific, personal destiny. We have a job to do, a calling to enact, a self to become. We are who we are from the cradle, and we're stuck with it.

A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.

Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.

The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.

The health of democracy, not its hate, is its best propaganda.

I'm not a communist, a socialist or a radical. But these issues have to be addressed.

It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone. Perhaps if I was depressed and isolated, just communicating with these authors through their sentences helped me.

science is a smorgasbord, and google will guide you to the study that's right for you.

Not feeling broody, as such. Just happy to see my sister have such a beautiful kid.

I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.

I don't go to parties and all that. I don't think being seen or being in the right place is going to make me a better actress. I care about my work and try to do what's right in my heart.

Technology is not in itself opposed to spirituality and to religion. But it presents a great temptation.