I always felt that I came up short in the education department, but I've come to the conclusion that we all get an education.
I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes there's a power greater than myself. And I always believe, don't inflict harm where it's not necessary.
I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.
I worked very hard on those movies but there was some creative connection that wasn't being made.
I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.
When prescribing one of the drugs I take, my doctor warned me of a common side effect: exaggerated, intensely vivid dreams. To be honest, I've never really noticed the difference. I've always dreamt b...
What other people think of me is not my business.
Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.
You know what I want? The answer is, I truly don't know what I want. I don't want to do a television series. I want to do dramas as well as comedies, but I have no idea what kind or in what order. Jus...
I truly believe that we have infinite levels of power that we don't even know are available to us.
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it saved my ass.
If I don't get food in my mouth, I'm still happy. If my pants are round my ankles, as long as I don't get arrested for indecent exposure, I'm happy. I'm worried about keeping my hair, not how it's com...
There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums.
When life takes away, something of greater value is always given in return.
It’s all about control. Control is illusory. No matter what university you go to, no matter what degree you hold, if your goal is to become master of your own destiny, you have more to learn. Parkinso...
I have referred to it as a gift--something for which others with this affliction have taken me to task. I was only speaking from my own experience, of course, but I stand partially corrected: if it is...
You suffer the blow, but you capitalize on the opportunity left in its wake.
The American political experience can therefore be viewed as optimism in the collective.
The reflected version of myself, wet, shaking, rumpled, pinched and slightly stooped, would be alarming were it not for the self-satisfied expression pasted across my face. I would ask the obvious que...
Sure, it may be one step forward and two steps back, but after a time with Parkinson's, I've learned that what is important is making that step count; always looking up.
