I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.

I learned a lesson which I didn't heed: Don't put yourself in your movies. It's too much.

I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.

The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is you learn the pros and cons of being tempted to do a really big movie because it costs a lot of money.

When I got depressed I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.

I learned that we can do anything but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do but when you do them. Timing is everything.

When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.

Always desire to learn something useful.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

I'm a morning person because I learned to write my novels while still practicing law. I would get to the office at 6:30 a.m. and write until other people arrived around 9. Now I still do that. I start at 6:30 or 7 and I'll write until 11 then take an hour off then work until about 2 p.m. By then my brain has had enough.