Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time read more

Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time success. If not, it's much ado about nothing. [On the prospects for his 1997 movies The Rainmaker and Good Will Hunting].

Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?"This is commonly misquotes as "You can't have you're cake and read more

Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?"This is commonly misquotes as "You can't have you're cake and eat it, too. - John Heywood's Proverbs, 1546.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

Others have done it before me. I can, too.

Others have done it before me. I can, too.

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a read more

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.

Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to read more

Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

It's the men behind who "make" the man ahead.

It's the men behind who "make" the man ahead.