I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.

You know me. It's my duty to please that booty.

Just 'cause you pour syrup on something doesnt make it pancakes

I never had one beer. If I bought a six-pack of beer, I kept drinking till all six beers were gone. You have to have that kind of understanding about yourself. I haven't had a drink now in 12 years.

If you do not have courage, you may not have the opportunity to use any of your other virtues.

You ain't got but one life. You ought to live it the way you want.

We've come a long way in our thinking, but also in our moral decay. I can't imagine Dr. King watching the 'Real Housewives' or 'Jersey Shore.'

I grew up in the South with guns everywhere and we never shot anyone. This [shooting] is about people who aren't taught the value of life.

If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it.

Anyone who tells you money can't buy happiness never had any.

The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.

She was beginning to realize people could survive most things. Not because thy were brave or strong, but because there wasn't any choice.

Respect is like a bridge to reach your Love. If you do not respect, love is lost.

Think of the ills from which you are exempt.

It began as research. I wrote of silences, of nights, I scribbled the indescribable. I tied down the vertigo.

I try to write about how we live today, how we use language, technology, our bodies.

Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project.

I am just a hard-working 23-year-old. When Maxim asked me to be on their cover, I was quite surprised. Of course, I was happy about it.

Directing teenage actors is like juggling jars of nitro-glycerine: exhilarating and dangerous.

Intent is guilt. Failure to successfully carry out the intent does not absolve the guilt.

Have confidence in your ability to do it right, and work hard to do the best possible job.