“It takes a lot more than ability to run fast; it takes the ability to keep coming back and coming back.”

In training, don’t be afraid to be an oddball, eccentric, or extremist. Only by daring to go against tradition can new ways of training be learned. The trick is recognizing quickly when a new approach is counterproductive.

Ultimately, the best runners are the ones who are willing to work very hard but who have a little bit of a lazy streak in them.

She may have had enough time to deal with things. What if she does come back? What will you do?” Grant asked me. What would I do? I’d beg.

She wouldn’t come back. She hated me. She hated Nan. She hated my mom. She hated her father. She wouldn’t come back here… but God, I wanted her to.

I’m portable. I carry a laptop and a little recording studio on my back.

I love you girl…to the moon and back.

There is competition. It’s almost like I’m back in tennis competing in a way. There are usually about twenty composers vying for the number one spot for a big or medium film.

I am still very surprised that I managed to make that film [Close Up]. When I actually look back on that film, I really feel that I was not the director but instead just a member of the audience.

You can get samosas in any pub in England today, pretty much. So, “Gunga Din” has come back.

In an ideal world for me, I would like to go back and forth [between film and theater]. I kind of want to do it all