People have nannies and big cars, and they want to go to Maui for Christmas. When there are those kind of stakes involved, people get ruthless.
It may be a cliche, but it's true - the build-up to Christmas is so much more pleasurable than the actual day itself.
One Christmas build-up tradition, however, has totally bypassed me - that of going up to town and 'doing a show.'
'The war in Iraq - if Osama was a Christian - it's the Christmas present he never would have expected.
There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories - simple.
Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics.
One travels to escape from it all, but that is the great illusion: It cannot be done, since one travels with one's mind.
If you become great, then you can become happy. If you're happy first, it's much more difficult to be great.
The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.
I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.
I really like the structure of my body. It moves well, it looks good, it photographs well, it understands gesture and nuance.
True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me.
A really good picture looks as if it's happened at once. It's an immediate image.
I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits.
You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
To me the most important thing is a good story, though I know how cliche that sounds.
There are as many great superhero movies as there are comedies and dramas and cartoons. People just want to see good movies.
Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.
The world has shown that if you provide capital and expertise to an area that is starved for capital and expertise, really good things will happen.
Be good to people, be kind to people, show up, read the lines, hit the mark, and go home.
I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it.
