It is just as important to move on in the wake of stunning success as in the wake of disaster.

I think there are always actor parts, and then there are movie-star parts, and an actors always an actor until he does a movie-star part.

There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.

No single movie or event makes or breaks your career. Everything can be undone, including success.

Like the color black, business mixed with anything turns to business.

Self-love knows no impediment.

My sense of Los Angeles was very New York provincial, as in 'all those people are crazy out there' (which they are), and stupid (which they're not), and immoral (it's more interesting than that).

Always remember the famous adage about the movie business: You can't make a living, you can only get rich.

with all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business?

The only way I can access all my strength is to relax. ... The paradox is that you must learn to be relaxed while using all your power.

Information is currency. ... Power is a place as well as a verb; it is inside the information tent.

Knowing the truth is so minuscule compared to having the nerve to say it...and even more to live it.

Religion is confining and imprisoning and toxic because it is based on ideology and dogma. But spirituality is redeeming and universal.

The source of continuing aliveness was to find your passion and pursue it, with whole heart and single mind.

Life is but a daily oscillation between revolt and submission.

There's innovation in Linux. There are some really good technical features that I'm proud of. There are capabilities in Linux that aren't in other operating systems.

He leaned down and whispered to me: No matter how thin you get, no matter how short you cut your hair, it's still going to be you underneath. And he let go of my arm and walked back down the hall.

The Buddha always reminds us that our afflictions, including our fear and our desiring, are born from our ignorance. That is why in order to dissipate fear, we have to remove wrong perception.

Our own country seemed more polarized than it's ever been and since the two terrorist attacks of 9/11, religion was in greater disrepute than at any other time in my lifetime.

Democracy in itself does not define or guarantee a free society. History has told many stories of democratic societies that have degenerated into corruption, plunder, and tyranny.

My closest friends in the league are Dirk Nowitzki and Rex Chapman. Although I think Michael Finley and I will be friends forever.