"A life well-lived is a testament that a single spark of imagination can ignite the world."

"True wisdom begins when you realize shadows are only cast by the presence of light."

"The simplest truths often reveal that the true master is an eternal student."

"Wisdom principle 102 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 6."

"If I start to become a star, I'll lose contact with the normal guys I play best."

"Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death."

"Whether in success or in failure, I'm proud of every single movie I've ever directed."

"The cinema began with a passionate, physical relationship between celluloid and the artists and craftsmen and technicians who handled it, manipulated it, and came to know it the way a lover comes to know every inch of the body of the beloved. No matter where the cinema goes, we cannot afford to lose sight of its beginnings."