"I was probably more scared of my high school exams than I was of the Oscars. At the time you think it's everything and if you don't do well, your life's over. Opportunities are gone. So the more you do it, the less the fear is present."

"The universe speaks in the silent dialect of universal natural laws. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"The paradox of freedom is that the silence between the notes creates the music."

"It is a timeless truth that humility is not weakness in leadership; it is the cornerstone of unassailable respect — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The possibility of a scientific treatment of history means a wider experience, a greater maturity of practical reason, and finally a fuller realization of certain basic ideas regarding the nature of life and time."

"The present moment is the only sanctuary where peace truly resides. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"People love westerns worldwide. There's something fantasy-like about an individual fighting the elements. Or even bad guys and the elements. It's a simpler time. There's no organized laws and stuff."

"Young poets bewail the passing of love old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference."