Keep food in the fridge, so it don't go stale. When there is nothing left to eat, I bite my nails.
If you don't step across the threshold of what you already know into the world of challenges, you never truly measure yourself.
Finding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important.
In old interviews I was still worried about being judged. I think my life was about how can I keep myself in control. How can I just get through this and be okay? And, you know, you turn the corner. You realize that you're not imprisoned by your life or your circumstances or your genetics or anything. I really believe that we all have the ability to come out of our story. But you have to tell your story first in order to come out of it.
Living a simpler life has turned out to be one of the keys to being more awake and healthy.
I've suffered from pretty dark depressing times, and it's probably - not probably - it is the reason why I chose to lead a healthy lifestyle.
You have to have a little faith in people.
I'll take anything and slap it on a canvas.
Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let's face it, writing is hell.
I was so grateful to have made 'Into the Wild' before I made 'Speed Racer' because on 'Speed Racer' I was indoors every single day, every single scene, on a green screen. Some of the time, just to pass the time, I would think back to climbing mountains in Alaska. That really helped me.