Quotes About Balance

Outside of interviews, I spend very little time thinking about myself. I spend time thinking about my writing and my children and other things that are pertinent.

Don't pessimism and caution naturally go hand in hand?

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

I have about an equal amount of optimism and pessimism.

I personally don't think of myself as either an optimist or a pessimist.

I'm not a pessimist at all, but I'm not an optimist, either.

I can be very pessimistic and very dark, but there is also a part of me that's very determinedly optimistic.

I'm on the road a lot, but I eat healthy whenever I can with foods that don't contain pesticides.

I always pet a dog with my left hand because if he bit me I'd still have my right hand to paint with.

I have a lot of trouble understanding how people see me as a celebrity. I work 14 hours a day, and then I just want to talk to my family, see the people I love, pet my dog, and go to bed. I'm not looking to be best friends with or emulate a celebrity.

My biggest pet peeve is rushing.

If I would go up on a high note, Eddie would want a low one. That's how petty the situation had become.

I never said finish the Congress, because the opposition is needed... I do not have such petty imaginations.

If I have to score baskets then I have to try to score baskets and stop missing shots, but even if it's not going, I need to be able to have another phase of the game and not let my offense take away from my defense or rebounds.

The defensive phase is about the team, so it's about balance.

I definitely go through phases with fitness.

My favorite artists are able to take things to the edge or just over the edge. Miles Davis and Duane Allman, for example. It's about not playing too many notes. Those guys had lots of phases to their careers, but they always played with economy and intelligence.

I always tell Phil we're like the party poopers. If we ever get invited to a player party, between the two of us, we're like the downers. Like, 'Put down that beer!' Or, 'Should you really be eating those nachos?'

I did 'Philadelphia' and 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape?' at the same time. It's kind of wonderful to do it that way, because you get very hyper-focused.

I get great satisfaction from both business and philanthropy.

Thanos is an amoral philosopher. He's not the Devil - although he does sometimes have the Devil standing next to him.

Sometimes I am glad I am not a philosopher - how would I ever complete a single chain of thought when someone is constantly asking me to do something? I don't think Plato would have been able to write his dialogues if he had a wife who kept bugging him to pass the pita bread.

You have to be philosophical about life, you cant angst over it too much.

I believe in destiny and the philosophy of karma.