The most powerful control we can ever attain, is to be in control of ourselves.

I would rather be wise and than right and ignorant.

Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience"."What's pessimism?" I said."Religion without God.

A day came when I should have died, and after than nothing seemed very important, so I stayed as I am, without regret separated from the normal human condition.

I want to speak up and tell you that mascara and clothes don't make you cool, neither do name-brand handbags, but being a leader can.

If something happened where I couldn't write music anymore, it would kill me. It's not just a job. It's not just a hobby. It's why I get up in the morning.

I personally can't handle frivolous violence. I overreact to it.

The pursuit of excellence is the proper vocation of man.

I've done a number of things based on real people or true stories or based on books, and I'm a great believer that you have to be true to the script.

A woman is seldom merciful to the man who is timid.

Unions don't create jobs. People create jobs.

I think there's a myth that people feel, that people of success are never fearful, that we're never challenged, that we have some supernova - no, we're like everybody else.