Growing up I didn’t watch movies.

Good men by nature, wish to know. I know that many will call this useless work… men who desire nothing but material riches and are absolutely devoid of that of wisdom, which is the food and only true riches of the mind.

It’s always a struggle growing up in Akron.

Diana Ross is a big inspiration to all of us. We all grew up watching everything about her – her mike placement, her grace, her style and her class.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it’s their fault.

As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal.

I know that if I had a television in my flat I would convince myself that everything on it was really interesting. I would say, ‚I’m a Celebrity – Get Me Out of Here!‘ is so sociologically fascinating that I think I’d better watch.

The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him.

I want to – more than anything – to create a moment that people will never forget. Not for me, but for themselves. That’s what I remember about great Super Bowl performances in the past, when you really get lost in the moment with your family.

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.

I’m not good at talking about myself.

My biggest skill is common sense. I understand life.

I’m no natural beauty. If I’m gonna have any looks at all, I’m gonna have to create them.

I grew up cursing a lot.

Your energy, your spirit are important considerations. Feeling petty and frustrated can have reverberating consequences for your ability to think strategically and reach your goals.

Only stupid people are changed by success.

The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably ‚Doctor Who.‘ What has happened is that science fiction has been subsumed into modern literature. There are grandparents out there who speak Klingon, who are quite capable of holding down a job. No one would think twice now about a parallel universe.

Find what’s hot, find what’s just opened and then look for the worst review of the week. There is so much to learn from watching a restaurant getting absolutely panned and having a bad experience. Go and see it for yourself.

I learned a long time ago how to be coachable.

And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don’t think anyone in my family would really feel I’d done them an injustice by saying that. We didn’t see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home.

Critics only make you stronger. You have to look at what they are saying as feedback. Sometimes the feedback helps, and other times, it’s just noise that can be a distraction.

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. Pleased with the ‚Pilgrim’s Progress,‘ my first collection was of John Bunyan’s works in separate little volumes.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Courage – you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn’t want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself.

In music the passions enjoy themselves.

The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy that there was value and power in being aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myself.

I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.

I think everybody has something that they’ve been obsessed about in their lifetime.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

I’ve never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.

I’ve been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

I know I want to always do the best I can.

Only a man’s character is the real criterion of worth.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

I do all my own stunts. I’m kidding.

To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.

That great Cathedral space which was childhood.

Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe.

I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to.

The big question about how people behave is whether they’ve got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you can be satisfied with an Inner Scorecard.

I love Steve Carell.

It’s easy to forget who you are.

When I was growing up, I wasn’t an extrovert. If anything, I was an introverted kid and a very average pupil at school. I was very quiet.

You send a boy to school in order to make friends – the right sort.

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

When I was a kid, I never did funny things to get attention. I was never a funny person. I was never, like, ‚Oh, wow. I could say this some day on stage.‘

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

I don’t look at a man who’s expert in one area as a specialist. I look at him as a rookie in ten other areas.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

I don’t like to be bored.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.

We don’t want people to leave the stadium until the game finishes.