It eventually appeared to be me, cinematically. When I was writing it I was actually an author, you know, writing a book. ... But there certainly is a difference in energy between a younger man and an older man.

Private companies have a lot of capital. They can run things efficiently and get projects built.

introductions are hard to come by when your natural state is shyness

Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.

Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.

I was very vulnerable to criticism for many years. I could read a bad review and remember it my whole life.

I have no fear, no fear at all. I wake up, and I have no fear. I go to bed without fear. Fear, fear, fear, fear. Yes, 'fear' is a word that is not in my vocabulary.