You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid..

When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained..

My job as an artist, as I see it, is to understand and in some cases to take on various ways of thinking about people and the world that are differen….

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them..

Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. People lose their capacity to walk, run, travel, think, and exp….

If you're not optimistic on some level, then you've given up..

You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are..

You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it. Democracy, marriage, friendship. You can't just say she's m….

I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whateve….

As Martin Luther King said, "Passively to participate in an unjust system is to accept that system and to participate in its evil.".

It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave..

You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it..

To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just a way of living. It has to do with paying att….

I think that every person has many, many people inside of them. We change our personality depending on who we are talking to or what situation we are….

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We….

I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others..

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them. If you allow yourself ….

It's easy to get depressed and think, "Well, what's the point?" But it's the same as, "Well, we're all going to die, so what's the point in brushing ….

I have friends who I get along with who I know get very uncomfortable being alone, unless they're with people, talking all the time. Whether it's on ….

I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated..

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever..