Quotes About Reflection

In the course of my life, I've made some happy songs but it's the more sort of like pathos-laden, emotional, melancholic music that either I make or that other people make that really resonates with me.

I think the philosophy that we don't know as much as we think we know resonates throughout my work.

An actor's resource base must be life itself.

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.

I feel respected in the back of my mind.

To me, elegy suggests that there is hope, and in some respects you've moved past the loss and are able to deal with it and to write about it.

I think talking about things that have happened in my life gives people an opportunity in many respects.

I don't know if I have the right answers, but I can tell you that I try to not respond in a moment of being angry.

Sometimes, the best response is no response.

When I'm writing a story, which takes me a year or more, I can feel my character living with me - they're responding to whatever funny, familial, or social situation I'm in, and I think about their responses constantly.

We need to learn from our experiences and take responsibilities for our actions and drive on.

At any one particular time, there is something in my life that is suffering as a result of my many responsibilities; most of the time, it's me.

I never ever thought about having my own restaurant.

Our favourite restaurants, cafes and eateries put a lot of thought into what they do, mostly for our pleasure. Perhaps we should consider a little more often, what we bring to this edible equation.

When I watch films or tv that I've done, I get very restless and tend to not sit still.

I had two surgeries during the early part of 2012, and I was advised to restrict my work load.

I don't know how I got to this point but it must be as a result of everything that has come before so if I were to change something, I might not be at this point now.

When the time comes to retire, I think I'll know. I really do.

I guess I'm afraid to retire because I don't know what I would do. I don't know what my talent is. So I don't know. So maybe I'm afraid to stop, but I've got to stop.

Actors don't, in fact, retire, do they? It took me a while to remember that.

I wish I hadn't said I'm going to retire.

I've always said that when I retire, I'll decide in the training room and not after a fight.

I do not know if I will stay in the game when I do retire; I have got humanity, so I do not know if I will go into law.

I'll know when to retire when I don't want to push myself anymore.