What we call wildness is a civilization other than our own.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.

Nurture your great spirit for a great self.

No matter how bright your future seems you can never forget about the past”.

The experience of being understood, versus interpreted, is so compelling you can charge admission.

Let's be clear: Has the U.S. ever made any mistakes? Of course.Is the U.S. at all like [Vladimir] Putin's regime? Not at all.

Talking to all those great writers and artists for the magazine was a form of graduate school for me.

There is absolutely no Wuxia or martial arts in 'Red Cliff.' I want all the action to look realistic.

I found you people in mud huts.. you were living in CAVES!

Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.

I love the theater. I love being on stage; I love the live audience. I also love dressing up and all of the make-believe.

I understand what it's like to go to hospitals and there's no medicine, and the best thing you have to give the patients is compassion.