I can't imagine just dusting my pants off and going about my life like, "Phew! I sure made it through a tough spot, now where am I headed?" I feel more of an obligation to be helpful.

I'm the luckiest unlucky person.

Not many people have had as much bad luck as I have, but not many people have had as much good luck, either.

It's not the child's responsibility to teach the parent who they are. It's the parent's responsibility to learn who the child is.

I start crying when certain things come up, certain memories, certain feelings, and it's intense. But I think it's good for me - and therapeutic.

Life can very genuinely and realistically pile things on. It doesn't dole out the heartache and pain, or joy, perfectly.

When anything huge happens to me, I always think, this isn't my moment, this is a moment.

I love devastating movies, documentaries and hummingbirds (yes, in that order).

When I couldn't get ahold of cigarettes, I'd roll coffee grounds into typing paper and smoke that and then vomit.

My age makes all my wrinkles and gray hair make sense.

I didn't know whether I'd be attractive to anybody.

Where have all the Fembots gone?

The sea is always the same: and yet the sea always changes.

Mere form without substance must collapse of its own weight.

There has never been a communism that worked. They were all dictatorships or oligarchies, every single one.

A sense of justice is a noble fancy.

Sometimes we meet a fool with wit, never one with discretion.

It's only when you look at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day that you realize how often they burst into flames.

You make choices, as a young man. I knew I wanted to be an actor, so I pursued that, but the desire to compete still stayed with me.

I have to live in the richest, deepest, most productive way I can

I think every player listens out for his name being sung and it's something I really enjoy.