Henry Winkler Quotes

Assumptions are the termites of relationships.

How you learn has nothing to do with how brilliant you are.

Your mind knows only some things. Your inner voice, your instinct, knows everything. If you listen to what you know instinctively, it will always lead you down the right path.

Ten out of ten people die, so don't take life too seriously.

How we learn has nothing to do with how brilliant we are.

The theater of my mind has a seating capacity of just one, and its sold out for all performances.

A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.

As a child, I was called stupid and lazy. On the SAT I got 159 out of 800 in math. My parents had no idea that I had a learning disability.

Somebody asked me if I could go back and start again with a different brain, would I. Years ago I thought yes, I would, and now I know I wouldn't. Because whatever challenges I had in school, I guess they forced me to where I am today. So I now see them as an asset.

Music takes us where words cannot.

You cannot assume that somebody can define you. You cannot assume that the other person is right. No matter how they say it to you, no matter with how much force they say, ‘Oh my god, you’ll never make it; oh my god, you’re not bright; you could never do this’—that’s one person. I can’t tell you how many people told me I would never be an actor.

Your inner voice, your instinct, knows everything.

I truly believe fishing is like a washing machine for your brain

It is not easy to compete when you have LD, but it is possible.

When Richie Cunningham drank too many beers, his parents sat him down and explained their concerns. If you live on this earth, you find out that we are all the same.

I never knew that ["Hank Zipzer"] would happen in my life. It is one of the greatest things. It is like a gift from God.

You see, I don't know how to ride a motorcycle, actually.

To have people like my work, even if it's my old work, I can't ask for nothing nicer than that.

I don't understand what I do, I just know that it's great.

When you love what you do, then you're talking to one of the luckiest guys on the face of the earth.

Boston is large enough to learn your independence and small enough to make your own.

Producing is the hardest of the three because there is almost no closure. Every time you solve a problem, another one pops up. Directing is second, and acting is the most fun.

In school, I was an underachiever.

Right now I belong to the wonderful organization called The Children's Action Network. The first thing we did was immunize 200,000 children across the country against childhood diseases.

Somebody said, 'Hey, there is a lull in your career. Why don't you write books about your [dyslexia]?' We are currently writing our 34th novel.