Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.

Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.

Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.

Thankfully, perseverance is a great substitute for talent.

...teaching is, after all, a form of show business.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

I know our policies work best to lift young men and women up - regardless of their background - so that they can choose their own path and live lives of dignity, purpose, and meaning.

It was hard walking around the pitch... You do that when you win trophies. The fans were throwing flags on and that was hard to take, something which put a lump in your throat.

She's got electric boots, a mohair suit, you know I read it in a magazine.

The chief handicap of the blind is not blindness, but the attitude of seeing people towards them.

Fascism will come at the hands of perfectly authentic Americans.

I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it.

As your training progresses, always remember that the key to gaining the ability for spontaneous and creative technique lies in good ukemi.

Happiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with.

When I'm inspired, I jot things down and put them in a pile.