You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.
You're not a product of your nature. That is your genetic makeup or your nurture, the things that have happened to you. Of course those things affect you powerfully, but they do not determine you.
Think of the difference between a team sport and one that you do by yourself. Like it or not, if you're by yourself, you're going to be faced with a lot more of your own doubts and your own drawbacks and your own whatever.
I think that all stories - if you make movies about zombies and aliens - it has always to do with your personal story. If not directly, it is about your fears, your obsessions, things like that.
The only thing more important than your to-do list is your to-be list. The only thing more important than your to-be list is to be. ~
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.
The best part about being alone is that you really don't have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.
No matter where we come from or where we're going, we've all got memories to contend with, and it's always best not to do this alone!
The best therapists can do with sadness, anger, and anxiety is to help patients live in the more comfortable part of their set range.
It is a pity that doing one's best does not always answer.
I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from there.
I'm not preaching about things you should do, I'm not political or anything. I'm probably not the best role model.
My father used to say, 'Well, Ann, maybe the best thing you'll ever do, you haven't even thought of yet.'
The best scientific way to discover if one factor influences another is to do a controlled experiment.
Actually, I think my hands are in the best shape they've ever been in terms of what I can do.
Sometimes the best thing you could do is a real bad film... you could improvise all over the place and probably only improve the script.
When you're going back to school, you want something fresh and new, and perfume is the best way to do that.
I truly feel the best doctors are ones who are criticized by nurses, patients and family. They do not make excuses and learn from their mistakes.
When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.
The key is not to figure out what the best people are doing and try to emulate it - rather, figure out what causes people and companies to be successful.
I've always very earnestly tried to do my best, so I just have to trust that and forgive myself for being fallible.
