We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.

To me, success is choice and opportunity.

You keep on going until you get it as close to being right as the time and patience of others will allow.

Why do I ask for directions? Because I hate wasting time.

It's not the years honey, it's the mileage.

You have to have the darkness for the dawn to come.

Behind every great man is a woman. Telling him he's not so hot.

The Force is within you. Force yourself.

Money is really only important if you don't have any.

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up.

Work hard and figure out how to be useful and don't try to imitate anybody else's success. Figure out how to do it for yourself with yourself.

San Franciscans are very proud of their city, and they should be. It’s the most beautiful place in the world.

It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things reductive to the soul.

The tough thing about adulthood is it starts before you even know it starts.

I have the freedom to take chances, to say no. I have the freedom to be who I really want to be, rather than have to conform to this or that just to stay alive.

Be careful of success; it has a dark side.

If you could ever do a project that really has magic in it, and justifiable magic, you should do it.

There's a lot of money to be made by strip-mining and drilling the dirtiest oil on the planet. But why should the rest of us pay the price?