I can't turn off the way I think, and that's essentially who I am, who anybody is.

Black eyeliner. It’s standard. It’s all you need. It just makes the world a better place.

You get depressed because you know that you're not what you should be.

You have to be saved to get into heaven....you only have to be you to get into hell.

If you want to find out who your real friends are, sink the ship. The first ones to jump aren't your friends.

Music is the strongest form of magic.

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.

The imagination is precious. Don't lose it. Don't lose the child in you.

People are too lazy and too stupid to think for themselves that we've got sitcoms with canned laughter that lets you know when to laugh if you're too stupid to know when the joke is.

I don't think we should ever regret anything we do. I think we have to accept the consequences and you learn from your mistakes, and that's how you grow as a person

Attitude Is More Important Than Talent

I think that when you remember, remember, remember everything like that, you could go on until you remember what was there before you were in the world.

Wisdom is the ability to take two opposite facts and make sense from both of the them

I hate him for what he's done, but I still love him for the man he was.

Our body hears whatever is in our minds and responds.

We might be on the brink of an apocalypse if, instead of poor people with suicide bombs killing middle class guys, middle-class people with suicide bombs started killing rich guys.

I didn't know what to expect coming to college. High school was pretty easy and I guess I expected college to be along the same route. It was just an overwhelming experience.

Thank God for the white male power structure.

A lot of young directors, they're not confident; they're not open to the emotional level of the scene.