There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.

When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing.

Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.

A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

In the military, and in business, the most elite and effective teams I've seen or been part of are filled with individuals who take responsibility for their choices. Life is a series of decisions that you make and actions you take, not a series of things that happen to you.

I'm not saying that I am all of my characters, but for me to bring a character to life, you've got to be able to find your own truth.

When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I'd never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match.

To me, we're living in a non-linear world... But the truth is we are linear creatures. Everything unfolds one after the next. And that's the thing we've become disconnected from.