William Hurt quotes

The thing is, I don't believe in most of what's done. The amount of financial and imaginative energy that's put into mediocrity is just amazing which I find to be fundamentally offensive as a human being.

The problem with Google is you have 360 degrees of omnidirectional information on a linear basis, but the algorithms for irony and ambiguity are not there. And those are the algorithms of wisdom.

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.

I'm not there to tailor the role to me: I'm there to tailor me to the role. That guarantees me something, a precious thing, which is creativity. I'm guaranteed that I will have a creative experience, because I will go to it, not demand that it comes to me.

Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.

There's fear or faith. If you're living by fear, then you're always looking for security. If you're living by faith, then you're always looking for freedom.

But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it, the more amazed I am by being here at all.

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

It's been a long comeback. Things were pretty dark for me. But I have a faith now, and it saves my day. I was angry with God for a long time because I was unhappy with me. I hadn't learned to make the distinction between God and my parents. But there's a peace now. In the end, I got sick and tired of being sick and tired.

There's fear or faith. If you're living by fear, then you're always looking for security. If you're living by faith, then you're always looking for freedom.

Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure.

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

It's been a long comeback. Things were pretty dark for me. But I have a faith now, and it saves my day. I was angry with God for a long time because I was unhappy with me. I hadn't learned to make the distinction between God and my parents. But there's a peace now. In the end, I got sick and tired of being sick and tired.

There's fear or faith. If you're living by fear, then you're always looking for security. If you're living by faith, then you're always looking for freedom.