I auditioned at the Radisson in Knoxville, and I just did what I always do. I just try to believe what I'm doing.

I choose films for their artistic value. I don't need a mansion or a Jaguar. When I leave this Earth, I won't take any money with me. All I will leave behind will be my art.

If you've never tried drugs, DON'T. And if you have, pray.

Mickey Rourke was the Brad Renfro of the '80s.

I don't go out and get arrested anymore. The most extravagant thing I do these days is play golf. I'm like an old man.

Everybody thinks I'm, like, a bad boy. I've had my day, but I just sit at home and play the blues mostly.

Is that what I've become, a piece of meat?

Don't be stupid, it's a flying house!

This position is untenable, and there can be no pause in the agitation for full political power and responsibility until these are granted to all the women of the nation.

Overall, one of the things that excites me most about self-publishing is that the highest-value use of my time in promoting the books will be found in writing more of them.

Learn from everyone, copy no one.

Emerging church leaders are not impressed by those who defend the Christian faith by promoting definitive answers to convince those who doubt the faith.

Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear.

Neither refinement nor delicacy is indispensable to produce elegance.

The child is the spiritual builder of mankind, and obstacles to his free development are the stones in the wall by which the soul of man has become imprisoned.

We must not be afraid of solidarity; rather let us make all we have and are available to God.

I want a shot for people like me to grow up and do something with themselves.