You can never get rid of all of your fears. Some are necessary and a part of life. But most of our fears are illusory, based on risks or threats that exist only in our minds. Such fears constrain and make you miserable. The feeling of moving past a particular fear is one of liberation and freedom.

When you raise your opinion of yourself and what you are capable of it has a decided influence on what you do.

Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip.

When someone is not there all the time it gives us space to think about them. Your job in influence and persuasion is to get the other person to think about you or your product without you forcing yourself upon them or without you making them think about you.

Whether people are making narrative cinema or experimental cinematic movie experiences, they all want the biggest screen possible and the quietest room and the most attention to every nuance and detail. Obviously, most people will not see the movie that way, but I can still hope for it, and I'd like to think we will be able to pull it off this time.

Real action and true helpfulness are perhaps the ultimate charm.

Some people are a little bit better than others, some people are great, some people are superior. It depends on the level of effort.