Men will judge your past deeds by your last.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.

One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

Never promise more than you can perform.

Evil is maybe lying to God. Or better, lying to love.

When you feel stuck and can't seem to move ahead, always remember that you don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going!

I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.

Life is amazingly unpredictable; any 22-year-old who thinks they know where they will be in 10 years, much less in 30, is simply lacking imagination.

In truth, women are the strong ones.

The word 'radical' derives from the Latin word for root. Therefore, if you want to get to the root of anything you must be radical. It is no accident that the word has now been totally demonized.

I'm tired of fighting...

To be loved is very demoralizing

You don't have to necessarily go down the drama school route, or have connections in the industry. You can just make it.

Everybody who works for Amblin Television has to do five jobs.