The way to be happy is to take pleasure in what you do and how you do it, not in imagining that happiness is some place at the end of the road.
Dance for yourself. If someone understands, good. If not, no matter. Go right on doing what interests you, and do it until it stops interesting you.
In '85, I went through rehab and I wasn't ready. If you're not ready, you're not ready. You don't want to hear the truth, and you're gonna keep doing what you keep doing.
I was brought up by two people who just said, Whatever it is you're interested in, go do it. There is no winning or losing. You find out when you do it what the experience is.
Those youngsters go out there and set a record and clinch the pole position. But what do you do if you wreck your car. That record doesn't spend too well.
Once you start doing only what you've already proven you can do, you're on the road to death.
The illness, and the untimely death of my brothers, has made me conscious of the fact that - rather than just think about it - it's crucial that you do today what you want to do.
I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next.
As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything.
A spiritual life is 24 hours a day, seven days a week. How do you live? What's true? How do you respond? It's not about living by beliefs; it's about wanting to know.
How "spiritual" you are has nothing to do with what you believe, but everything to do with your state of consciousness.
Abba, you may not like it, but what I'm doing is important. If you don't agree, then I'm sorry. I can't do anything about it.
As an actor, you're pretty much a hired gun. You are reading other people's words off of a page and doing what they want you to do.
Boredom is a fearsome prospect. There's a limit to the number of cars and microwaves you can buy. What do you do then?
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.
I happen to agree with many of President Obama's policies, but in our system, it is often as important how you do something as what you do.
I don't oppose hunting in any way, shape or form. If that's what you enjoy doing, you are free to do it.
I think half the time I just assume I don't really know what I'm doing - you have to do that to a certain extent, but you don't have to think you're an idiot savant.
[meeting aboard an airliner] Narrator: What do you do for a living? Tyler Durden: Why? So you can pretend like you're interested?
[holding hands] Pat: Wait, what's this? Tiffany: I thought you were doing it. Pat: I thought you were doing it.
As a kid, you get to the stage where you realise the gender barriers that exist in society and what you're supposed to do and not supposed to do.
