I do not recollect when I had such a mental treat.

I do not recollect when I had such a mental treat.

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.

Like the winds that we come we know not whence and blow whither soever they list, the forces of society are derived from an obscure and distant origin. They arise before the date of philosophy, from the instincts, not the speculations of men.

My dad was an actor, so he would try and put me off and say, 'Come on, you've got to go to university first.'

My music is tonally based. There is plenty of dissonance, but it's used as a contrast. There is polytonality at times and a lot of rhythmic interplay.

All publicity is good publicity

I'm living my dream, and that's all you can ask for. At a certain point you have to ignore all the rest.

I am inspired by many mediums and use them to express varied aspects of my philosophies and life observations.

Yes, I have cancer and it might not go away, but I can still have a future because life goes on.

There's a lot of things more than baseball that I want to do.

To be able to finish opportunities that I do get in the paint, that makes a difference.

I had no aspirations to be part of American cinema... I was really a Europe-based person, and those were the films I was inspired by.

If there is one Osama bin Laden now, there will be 100 bin Ladens afterwards.

My mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill next door to try her first cigarette. She set the entire hill on fire, but it didn't deter her.

When you look back in history and see other fighters coming back, it's never really been good for them.

A profoundly disturbing thing you discover very quickly traveling in Cuba is that the most dangerous person for Cubans isn't the police or even the secret police; it's their neighbor. Anyone can report you for anything 'outside' the revolution - even if you haven't done it yet.

It's, like, sort of a dream thing for an actor when they're told to gain weight.

The dance a minimum of explanation a minimum of anecdotes and a maximum of sensations

When I was younger, I'd make a point of driving to the middle of nowhere and spending an evening with just me, the wind, and the moon. Your skin crawls up an octave. This is what I tap into when I'm working on horror films. I'm just afraid a time will come when I lose touch with that part of myself.

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

I don't write for theme, but if you work closely on some guy fixing a sandwich or a window or a table or trying to visit an old teacher or walking down the street on which he was a boy, a theme, a human hope, will emerge.

I don't need autism awareness, Autism acceptance will do just fine.

Surviving a failure gives you more self “confidence. Failures are great learning tool but they must be kept to a minimum.

I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour.

My father got a phone call to bring me in to meet with Spielberg for 'E.T.,' partially because they knew I was a physical kid, and I was known in the business somewhat as a stunt kid, and I could do all the bicycle riding.