All men die. Only a few ever live.

I think everything is pretty well preordained - even your mistakes.

Go away, dig a hole, do something else, come back and it magically rejuvenates your creative impulses and stuff.

I like directing much better. It's more fun, that's all there is to it. It's essentially the same job, which is storytelling, but you have more control over the way you want to tell the story. It's a high. I love it.

I love women. They're the best thing ever created. If they want to be like men and come down to our level, that's fine.

My dad taught me my faith, and I believe what he taught me. The man never lied to me in his life.

Get power but don't admit to it. Do it by stealth. There's a whole trend of Rhodes scholars who will be politicians around the world.