Every child grows up thinking their father is a hero or villain until they are old enough to realize that he is just a man

Writing is not a hobby. It's the only way I get to shut up the demons in my head.

It’s time someone said it, average living (read middle-class) is not good enough

I move onward, through the colors and cheers and music, floating into my future, and it is a clear, open space that stretches wider that the sky and higher than the Andes.

The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.

I think we all get too caught up in doing instead of just being sometimes.

Chaos is a friend of mine.

I did like hanging out with all the rock'n'roll boys - it was fun but all those relationships didn't work out.

The main point for me is moral; animals are sentient beings. I know for some this is a hard argument to accept, but we're not built to eat a lot of meat.

Donald Trump accused Huma Abedin of sharing state secrets with her husband. I think Trump clearly lacks a sense of Huma.

I've said to others that there were places I had forgotten about that were just so powerful. I've read the Gospels many times, but it's been a while since I've read through a whole book

I dwell in a lonely house I know That vanished many a summer ago.

My dad told me, 'Your movie's never as good as the dailies and never as bad as the rough cut.