Jeff Bridges taught me a lot about how to keep a scene fresh.
It doesn't matter if it's raining and dark. The sun is shining above the clouds.
Even a kick in the ass is good when you're facing the right direction.
It's not about the outside, it's the inside. But dressing on the outside can help the inside.
If you love what you do, it won't be work.
Love is a key ingredient for creativity.
You can only be connected to others if you are connected to yourself and the truth inside.
Understand that I'm at my best when it comes to proving a point, not only to show that I'm a better fighter and a better athlete at 40½ years old, but I'm at my best when I know I've got to beat the system again.
When I wrote 'The Giver,' it contained no so-called 'bad words. ' It was set, after all, in a mythical, futuristic, and Utopian society. Not only was there no poverty, divorce, racism, sexism, pollution, or violence in the world of 'The Giver'; there was also careful attention paid to language: to its fluency, precision, and power.
Some men succeed by what they know; some by what they do; and a few by what they are.
A love grown old is not the love once new.