“I believe that the majority of times the scale tilts toward the good. It's this amazing thing that rolls on and if we get in the flow of it, that's God. And if we fight it, if we swim the other way, we're swimming away from the purest expression of this life.”

“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.”

“Family is not an important thing. It's everything.”

“I really love being alive. I love my family and my work. I love the opportunity I have to do things. That's what happiness is.”

“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 combed.”

“What other people think about me is not my business.”

“I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for perfection is God's business.”

“I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor.”

“No, I got a GED in my 30s. My kids know that I never stop learning, and they know I love reading. I have books overflowing everywhere. I am current on today's events and I read the paper every day, and we talk about it, so they see that appetite.”

“I worked very hard on those movies but there was some creative connection that wasn't being made.”

“But the key to our marriage is the capacity to give each other a break. And to realize that it's not how our similarities work together it's how our differences work together.”