“No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.”

“The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.”

“Dreams are extremely important. You cant do it unless you imagine it.”

“Always remember, your focus determines your reality.”

“A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.”

“Mentors have a way of seeing more of our faults that we would like. It's the only way we grow.”

“Because we all need to believe in movies, sometimes.”

“You float like a feather," sings Radiohead, "In a beautiful world." I've listened several times to the Radiohead songs, because it was nice of Raymond to say he heard a bit of them in what I sang. ...”

“I think this is why Ellis took so many moving pictures of us. Because he knew that people come in and out of your life, and a picture fixes them in the moment they reach out to you.”