Fear does not exist anywhere else except in your mind.

Be busy. It is the cheapest medicine on the Earth - and one of the most effective.

For a wise man, a new life begins every day.

Critisize - the right way to make enemies.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

No tomorrow. The day of man's salvation is today.

A strong desire to learn something is already 50% of success.

A smile is worth nothing, but it is valued dearly...

I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less.

Music is a safe kind of high.

Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.

The next time I write a play - in order to get audience trust for a particular sort of tragic line, I'll try to bring the audience a good distance before that. Part of that is allowing comic moments to occur. I had been afraid of that - that once the audience started laughing in the play, they would never stop.

We are making progress militarily, there is no doubt about that. You've seen the reports from Misrata, although reports of the Gaddafi forces completely pulling out of Misrata seem to be exaggerated.

I don't think of myself as a New York actor; I think about this guy who's an actor who happens to be from New York.

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.

Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties, would give me a wide berth. And the ladies would gang up in a corner to discuss my dangerous character.

Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.

If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed.

Artists need a lot of collectors, all kinds of collectors, buying their art.

I am a gay man who loves James Bond films and snooker - all kinds of working-class pursuits.

The Taliban is the Muslim version of the Salem witch trials.

I find it somewhat difficult to write with other people, although it has happened occasionally.

There are differences in the world community. But we have a common interest in a strong multilateral system.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

If I weren't doing what I'm doing today... I'd be traveling around the world on the back of a motorcycle.

From the very, very beginning, we made the decision that 'Tarzan' wasn't going to sing. My co-director, Chris Buck, and I said to each other that we couldn't imagine a half-naked man in the jungle simply bursting into song.

The drama nerd comes out in me when I'm in a theater.

I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens. I can not bear gardening, but I love gardens.

John Boehner is a friend.

A lot of my work is about what's abstract and what's pictorial. Is it bubblegum, or is it an abstract painting using bubblegum? The energy comes from walking that line and watching things dip this way and that.

I love you right up to the moon — and back.

'Triple D' is not going anywhere. I enjoy highlighting my brothers and sisters in the business.