I don’t think it's weak to admit you made a mistake. That takes strength, if you ask me.

Modesty is only arrogance by stealth.

But then science is nothing but a series of questions that lead to more questions.

Love the world. Otherwise, you will be forced to carry the heaviest load: your own bitter self.

When people see a legend, they call it a legend. But to be a legend, it's a lot of hard work and patience. You can't play for five or ten years and be a legend. It takes longer than that.

I hate it when people tell me the end of the story because my mother always read the last page of a novel first to see whether she wanted to read it. It was a strange reading habit.

You can't manage creativity. You need to manage for creativity. You need to create the space for it to emerge.

The very first things that I did, even in theater, were bad guys. They are meaty roles for the most part. With the bad guy you have more freedom to experiment and go further out than with a good guy.

The worth of a faith does not consist in the clarity with which it is stated but in the steadfastness with which it is defended.

Comedy clubs can be brutal. Those people are for real, and if you aren't funny, they aren't laughing. They don't care who you are.

Digital [photography] has sped up the process to a point that it's a bit self-destructive. It is like driving by a new neighborhood without stopping for a walk. Special discoveries need time.

It is something of a miracle that individual selfish decisions (in a market economy) must lead to a collectively efficient outcome.

Do not destroy anybody's peace. You will find peace.