You don't know if the water is hot or cold until you stick your toe in.

Rumors run wild when one sacrifices for self and temporarily forsakes those who assume entitlement to one's persona.

Doing something nice for myself is not selfish.

The worst kind of tyrant is one that is righteously wrong

The credit to them, the better team won and there's nothing we can do about that now.

Success is not about money and power. Real success is about relationships. There's no point in making $50 million a year if your teenager thinks you're a jerk and you spend no time with your wife.

I think the shape of our bodies has as much to do with the shape of our parents as it does with training.

It's another myth that dancing distorts or destroys your feet. If you have the right shaped foot to start and a good, strong technique, your feet should be fine.

If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.

In art as in politics we must deal with people as they are not as we wish them to be. Only by working with the real can you get closer to the ideal.

I think I'll always want to write and direct. I'm interested in producing and helping other people tell stories. But I'm still in love with writing and directing.