Haven't two hundred years of failed missionary work overseas taught anybody anything? You can't convert people to anything - whether religion, or something as inane as our flicks.

Indie film isn’t dead. It just grew up.

You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude, but they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you.

One man's frankness is another man's vulgarity.

In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least trying to accomplish all of your wildest dreams in life.

If you're alive, kick into drive. Chase whimsies. See if you can turn dreams into a way to make a living, if not an entire way of life.

Don't let anybody tell you different, man: The main goal in life careerwise should always be to try to get paid to simply be yourself.

More often than not, a hero’s most epic battle is the one you never see; it’s the battle that goes on within him or herself.

I try never to worry in general. Worry is interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due.

Keep your focus on what YOU want to do - not what anyone else wants or is doing. You lose time watching others succeed.

In this life, if you don't celebrate yourself, nobody will.

How many times can one have a heart attack within a week?

I grow grandiose, which is a good sign I should become prosaic.

Tell the truth as you understand it. If you're a writer, you have a moral obligation to do this. And it is a revolutionary act - truth is always subversive.

Never lie in bed at night asking yourself questions you can't answer.

You think you're being broken but you're really being broken open...and that's where the healing happens, in those broken places...if you'll allow it.

Whatever thing men call great, look for it in Joan of Arc, and there you will find it.

The United States military are preparing weapons which could be used against the aliens, and they could get us into an intergalactic war without us ever having any warning.

Whoever I can go out every week and motivate to do better and to try to go after their dreams, I'm up for that.

I guess I also see meditation as part of healthy living. It definitely is important for me to find some mental stillness.

It's nice to be in a place where I can be a little more selective, and to be sought out for ideas that I have.