Quotes About Commitment

You don't hear about me being at parties, going out and gettin' drunk.

I'm a black-and-white type of dude. If you say something, I believe you're gonna do it.

I know how I feel about my music and how passionate I am. I'm not a fly-by-night dude.

I always laugh and say, 'Dudes, if I have to choose, I'm a political person first. I would never do another movie again and be completely happy.' I need to say how I feel.

I see a lot of dudes that don't take care of their families. I always said I wouldn't never be like that.

It is not always possible or even right for a man to make his wife number one in his life. This is due to the nature of his life. His number one responsibility is to provide the living.

I'm not one of these writers who says, 'Oh yes, the next book is due out in one year and three days.' I just say, 'You're gonna get it when it's done. It's gonna be good, but you're not going to get it until it is good.'

I think I've been around for a while. But I still have to pay my dues.

I've done stuff to pay my dues and that's what actors are supposed to do, because I was a really bad actor when I was 18 or 20.

The joy is in the work. The travel is the dues you pay.

I'm in five guilds; that's a lot of dues to pay. So I have to keep on working.

Some might say I didn't pay enough of my dues, and I think I've paid my dues.

I paid my dues; I certainly did.

If you're not a Duke fan, you're not going to like me.

I really love Duke. My plan going in is to stay four years.

I just loved my experience at Duke that much where I wanted to stay.

For me, just my heart was here at Duke. I just wanted to be here.

There's sacrificing for your art, and then there's just being dumb.

I'll keep writing 'Dune' books as long as my mother's spirit continues to support the project.

Be durable. Play every game. That's a lot that goes into that.

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.

All my life, even as an actor, I felt like I was really trying to be dutiful, which sometimes got in my way of being creative and being an artist.

Look at my record. I have done my duty.

The writer's duty is to keep on writing.