I didn't really go the starving-artist route. I kind of went and did massive, commercial things.

Always roll up the sleeves on your shirt. It gives the impression that you're working, even if you're not.

I am only young once, who cares if I'm a goofball!

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful and being generous. Everything else is crap.

True luxury is being able to own your time - to be able to take a walk, sit on your porch, read the paper, not take the call, not be compelled by obligation.

I believe that opportunity looks a lot like hard work.

I'm continually trying to make choices that put me against my own comfort zone. As long as you're uncomfortable, it means you're growing.

Modeling is the best because you have to look hot, which comes easy to me, you know. I'm blessed with that.

Take a long pause ...breathe and know that things are happening for you not to you.

I don't believe that old cliche that good things come to those who wait. I think good things come to those who want something so bad they can't sit still.

I've usually found that the greatest rewards in my life come from taking on things that are a little bit scary.

I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book.

One of my favourite parts of writing is doing the research. It's the door into that magical reading/writing state - the raw material for making the story real.

I have yet to see a genius or a hero who, if stuck with a burning match, would feel less pain than his undistinguished average brother.

The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.

Some people receive medication in order to properly deliver films.

We are territorial, power-hungry and even more brutal than chimpanzees.

By the time I was in my early teens, we were able to move into a much more middle-class area. I had a comfortable adolescence.

It is longstanding U.S. policy that we will talk to the Iranians anytime, anywhere, on any subject, with no preconditions. So far, they have not taken us up on our offer.

The Roman Empire came to an end, but the Roman people didn't come to an end, so I see the American Empire coming to an end just as other empires have come to an end.

Teachers teach and do the world good, Kings just rule and most are never understood