He smiles a lot. But I think there might be worms inside him making him smile.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

Writing is a sickness only cured by writing.

It’s affirming that we can look at any experience from the fullness of our being and get past the shame we carry.

Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito", I'd tell people.

Our guilt has its uses. It justifies much in the lives of others.

The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.

Mind is the partial side of men; the heart is everything.

By their own follies they perished, the fools.

To work with a director that has emotional commitment and passion toward the characters, and the piece, and the experiences, it only enriches your work.

I didn't deny nothing I believe. I'm still the same everything.

It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through trials