It is strange that the years teach us patience that the shorter our time the greater our capacity for waiting.

The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

I did direct two short movies. I learned many things and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.

Life is short. I'm 47 years old. I've got 10 years to go where I can be the best I can be. I want those 10 years to be precious not like before cranking two or three movies a year. I've made a ton of movies in my life but so what?

The long and short of it is that I am now in a position in England to green light movies and that's really excellent - not high-budget movies but movies none the less.

Perseverance is not a long race it is many short races one after the other.

I get up in the morning and do a seven-minute yoga workout. I know the most likely time I'm going to do something is when I first get up and I make it short because like you I don't really want to do that first thing in the morning.

The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain.