If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.

In a mad world only the mad are sane.

I can't afford to hate anyone. I don't have that kind of time.

Man is a genius when he is dreaming.

Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.

It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.

The role of the artist is to not look away.

There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.

Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.

Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.

I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?

Consistency in your interest is the actual reason behind every success, and inconsistency is the major cause of failure

What does "poet laureate" mean? Nothing. It means a person with laurel branches twined around his head. Which is not something people do much now.

Meditation is not hard to understand. Anyone who knows how to worry knows how to meditate. Worriers are skilled in the meditation process but are meditating on the wrong kind of thoughts.

Chiropractic embraces the science of life, the knowledge of how organisms act in health and disease, and also the art of adjusting the neuroskeleton.

Being in L.A. is great because there are so many weird people out there, so you can just blend in. I like that.

If we need simple narratives so people can amplify and spread them, are we forced to engage only with the simplest of problems?

There is no fire like passion No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger, And no joy like the joy of freedom.

Hemingway was a jerk.

When I was 5 years old I would lie in bed, look at the radio, and I wanted to be on the radio. I don't know why.

When you genuinely lose your illusions, you begin to marvel at things, because you don't have the answers any more.