The universe holds a destiny in store for people who will not build their own, but they seldom like it.

War is more than battles, and battles are more than violence.

If you would see a man's heart, knock him down. Then observe how he rises. If you would see his soul, do it a thousand times more.

There is wisdom out there that can’t be relayed in musings or sage advice. Like the complexity of life itself, it simply won’t condense. It can only be shown in its entirety. It takes a story.

The weight of history swings on choices. To understand why people make the choices they do is to understand the whole of history and most of the future.

Stories shape the world.

To weaken the body, remove blood. To weaken the character, remove struggle.

I do respect clever.

Animal rage is scary, but not as scary as control.

There is an undercurrent of savagery in the human psyche. Anyone who forgets this and doesn’t guard against it, risks being swept away by it.

The Prayer that precedes all other prayer is, may the real me meet the real you.

I believe that treating other people well is a lost art.

I think that an actor who is working should be a happy actor.

My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.

Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.

I got married and had a baby. Created a human.

But I'm saying we are loosing the people who are going to pay my social security. And that bothers me.

is love at first sight truly possible?

Begin to live each day as if it was your last.

I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!