I think we need stories, and we need to tell the stories over and over and over not only to remind us, but to be able to have that clarity of experience that changes us, so that we know who we are now because of who we have been at some other time.
I sometimes think how strange it is that I’ve got to do exactly what I want, and that is difficult to cope with. You have to remind yourself every few weeks: I’m making this film and this is exactly what I want to do. And suddenly you’re happy again.
Since I was there in the very beginning, I know the history of the characters. So, I make comments about the tone and sometimes remind the writers that we’ve done that before.
I document my life and archive the things that are important and remind me of what my specific energy brings to the world.
Where I think historians can help preserve and actually restore democracy is to remind us of how we got it.
When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.
We think the friendship between us is a very important aspect for our group, and we try to keep that in a very naturally, like without love, we don’t have to try too hard, but it’s always needs to be there. So, we remind each other all the time that, when you’re going through a hard time, we have the hard time with you.
Children remind us to treasure the smallest of gifts, even in the most difficult of times.
I remember once seeing a guy in the grocery store who looked so much like my character the Archangel Gabriel, I wanted to go up to him and say, ‘Hey, put that Red Bull down. You’ve already got wings.’ My friend had to sternly remind me that he was a stranger and I did not, in fact, create him.
My relationship with God is what gives me a moral compass on what decisions to make and that stuff. I’m thankful that I have the people around me that I do, and they remind me each day of who I am and what I stand for.
One of the things I endeavor to remind people of consistently when I am asked to speak to groups around the country is to consider the possibility that we are led by a pack of idiots. This is not out of any animus toward our leadership class, but borne out of experience.
I don’t have any weird night rituals. I definitely am a ritualistic person… I like to go downstairs and remind my roommate-drummer not to practice early the next morning, so I can sleep in.
Sometimes I write them down in musical notation as a trigger to remind me about certain directions to go. Or I can be specific about a sound I’m looking for.
I think it’s the hardest thing to remind yourself you have to do it the way you would do it. Because no one else is going to do it that way. If you don’t do it, then no one else will – and the world won’t see it.
