“You know, there’s such a very thin dividing line between inspiration and obsession that sometimes it’s very hard to decide which side we’re really on.”

There is a natural opposition among men to anything they have not thought of themselves.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

Learning is hard. Unlearning is harder. Pretending that most of us don’t need to do either when it comes to racism is its own form of violence.

The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.

The first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away.

One of the hardest things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.

To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That’s what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul – would you understand why that’s much harder?