I couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills.

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.

I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house... love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though. In this film, I sing it to a lamp.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create.

I'm just an advertisement for a version of myself.

I don't care how impossible it seems.

Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power.

Cheap grace is the mortal enemy of the church

If you have a deep-seated need to be loved and admired every day, you shouldn't be in politics. You should go work at a pet store.

God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God

Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.

I have a total responsibility to the reader. The reader has to trust me and never feel betrayed.

I'm very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn't choose.

Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.

I want to do feature films. I am flying to Malaysia to be in another feature film. We will be filming that in Malaysia, the Phillipines, and back in California.

At the end of the day, the question to ask yourself is this: do your expenses, big and small, bring you the thrill they once did?