You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

Sidney Poitier

I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.

I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.

True 'joy' is the difference between just amusing ourselves to death and creating 'meaningful' pleasure.

True 'joy' is the difference between just amusing ourselves to death and creating 'meaningful' pleasure.

I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before.

I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before.

You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.

You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.

A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.

A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.

I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.

I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.

I am the me I choose to be.

I am the me I choose to be.

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.

I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.

My own favorite is something called Rogue Male.

My own favorite is something called Rogue Male.

I don't go for this auto-cannibalism. Very damaging.

I don't go for this auto-cannibalism. Very damaging.

I tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV.

I tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV.

I wish to hazard my soul to opportunity.

I wish to hazard my soul to opportunity.

There is a legend. And to protest is daft.

There is a legend. And to protest is daft.

If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word.

If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word.

The common denominator of all my friends is that they're dead.

The common denominator of all my friends is that they're dead.

It's such a relief for me to sit in front of a tape recorder and not be using it to learn my lines.

It's such a relief for me to sit in front of a tape recorder and not be using it to learn my lines.

I can't stand light. I hate weather.

I can't stand light. I hate weather.