It's our nature: Human beings like success but they hate successful people.
People always want to put a label on you; they always want to compare you to something.
My way of fitting in was through jokes and making people laugh.
My way of making people like me was to make 'em laugh.
Olympians are the product of the Movement, and to get them to the stadiums, pools and playing fields, it takes the actions of legions of people who might not be Olympians.
People mistake their limitations for high standards.
There are people worse off than me. I've had a very long run. I'm fine really. I'm just old.
As people grow up and they want more freedom, it's on an individual basis, children want to have more freedom, you've got to allow that, so how do you balance it. I would say let it evolve, move as quickly or slowly as people would like to move.
Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.
All of us have read the stories about young people in Hollywood and all the challenges they have to confront there, and I think that artistically, I really didn't understand the commercial side of the film business, so I went back to a purely artistic setting.
I used to believe there were people on Mars, and of course now we know there aren't. Mars held particular interest. I was curious what kind of beings they would look like.
Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? Well I did.
I have a lot of sympathy for young people because I realize how disturbed I was. How would I deal with life in the future? What would I do for a living?
Balance is key: I need to be successful in my career to feel fulfilled, be surrounded by people I care about to share it with, and have my health to be able to do the things I love to do!
True wisdom listens more, talks less and can get along with all types of people.