Happiness isn't a state, it's a skill. It's the skill of knowing how to take what life throws your way and make the most of it.

I go to a poison registry and I find that no one has died from any overdose of any vitamins, herbs, or amino acids... But FIVE THOUSAND people end up dying from drug reactions in a single year.

Most fears are just illusions.

Learn the lesson of your pain

You will trip up and fall sometimes. It doesn't take away from how great you are. You will not always say the right thing. It doesn't revoke the light within you.

The purpose of poetry is to remind ushow difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.

Write like you speak with the 'rhythms of human speech, ' as William Zinsser said, and in as few words as possible. Use action verbs to carry water.

At times I feel like a socket that remembers its tooth.

Do not turn your face from others with pride, nor walk arrogantly on earth. Verily the Almighty does not like those who are arrogant and boastful.

Be courageous. It's one of the only places left uncrowded.

Principle is ever my motto, no expediency.

I'm actually equal parts cynicism and apathy. I'm always willing to believe the worst as long as it doesn't take too much effort.

My process differs... my process for a Richard Linklater film is very different than a process for Training Day.

Certainly the institutional church is ill. It's hemorrhaging young people at an astronomical rate.