I begin with an interest in a relationship, a situation, a character.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

I am self-reliant, I am accountable, I am determined, I am strong, I am...the scarce minority.

Yes, my grandfather worked with Thomas Edison on the electric car, and he sold electric cars at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris.

God is letting me shine, because I've got a good heart.

Nothing is difficult; it is only we who are indolent.

Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others." —Cornflower

You must be sure that whatever health is brought to mankind it all comes from God.

When you're playing to an audience that isn't your own, it's quite scary.

"Science" is pedantic, arrogant, esoteric and often insane.

I've been surfing almost as long as I've been playing music.

I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence.