I always wanted to be an artist, writer and poet since I was seven, and one has to live long enough to evolve as an artist and do one's finest work.

My sunglasses are like my guitar.

We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.

To be an artist — actually, to be a human being in these times — it’s all difficult. … What matters is to know what you want and pursue it.

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.

Life isn't some vertical or horizontal line -- you have your own interior world, and it's not neat.

I imagined myself as Frida to Diego, both muse and maker. I dreamed of meeting an artist to love and support and work with side by side.

Swift is the arrow, dark is the thorn, the slate is clean, the future awaits, awake.

Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.

(Parentheses speakMore than we dare say out loudWhy, oh, why is that?)

Hear me when I say I believe nothings gonna change destiny. Whatevers meant to be will work out perfectly.

The making of television has changed quite a bit. Now you have to do them n cheaper budgets.

If you aren't on Goodreads, you should be. I've said it before, it's like Facebook for readers on crack.

[Sundance] still feels like an incredible place for championing emerging voices and art.

My friend, when a man has anything to tell in this world, the difficulty is not to make him tell it, but to prevent him from telling it too often.

I wanted a T-shirt that says 'USA National Team'. It turned out to be a very smart decision.

One of the great things about acting is you can do things that in real life would get you in trouble. I think that's something I figured out pretty early on.

I'm interested in reaching the masses with my work. It's one of my goals.

The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing.