“Audiences believe what you believe. It’s a matter of believing yourself. If I believe me, then you’ve got no choice. None at all.”

The accident was a horrible thing – but that horrible thing made Chris, at the end of his life, Superman. It’s a happy irony if there is such a thing. I’m proud to have known him.

If you want to see a miracle, be the miracle.

I’m not one for blaspheming, but that one made me laugh.

Attacking people with disabilities is the lowest display of power I can think of.

You don’t know how much you appreciate your privacy until you don’t have it.

We all have our own insecurities.

Don’t be different just for different’s sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.

If you’re not living on the edge then you’re taking up a little too much space.

I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.

Life is meant to be lived to the fullest, no matter your age.

The highest power is the human mind. That’s where God came from and my belief in God is my belief in myself.

You have the right to vote. You have the right to share your voice. you have the opportunity to shape the future of your community.

Is listening important? I can’t think of a single walk of life where it wouldn’t be.

Once you’ve made a decision, let providence be your guide.

Anyone who spends a significant amount of time with me finds me disagreeable.

Passing on blessings to someone else is a privilege and honor.

I always intended to be light and open. I misjudged the American audience.

I can’t imagine working without and audience.

When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we’ll be funnier to look at than to read.

Westerns are very difficult to predict whether they’ll reach an audience or not.

It’s always hard to explain why an audience ultimately responds to a movie.

The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.

The audience is the barometer of the truth.

Of course, it’s a great joy to be able to perform. And that love affair with an audience, where you give love and they give love back – it’s a romantic situation.