I grew up in the Midwest and had a lot of exposure to big religion. I went to church every Sunday - my mother even sang in the choir - and most families I knew where practicing Christians.

You can't start the next chapter of your life

One of the greatest things about playing a villain is people wondering when he's going to make his comeback.

What you believe and focus on becomes your reality.

For every problem, there exists a solution...and at the very least...an opportunity.

Today's gratitude buys tomorrows happiness.

Solving problems is at the foundation of our survival.

When I approached Volume 1 of "Lucid," I realized I could tell something that only exists in four issues or I could roll the dice a bit and approach this as Season 1 of a TV show.

I really want to do a True Blood-Six Feet Under comic book crossover.

I'm sort of killing two birds with one stone here, getting to write for "True Blood" and being able to put myself in a comic at the same time.

A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism.

I've got quite a memory. Engraved in my mind, things are. I can't forget anything...It's not a sign of intelligence...Nothing to boast about, memory...that's just how it is...

It's better to bet on this life than on the next.

It is not a matter of who is rejecting me, as much as it is somebody may get it, and I am going to keep plowing through it because in this world of education, there is a harvest.

I don't want to eat anything that has a mother

Acting is still fun. It's still not even a career for me. I think the second it becomes a career is when I should stop.

Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.

I really like Billie Holiday's husky voice, and I'd definitely like to find out more about her.

We only learn our limits by going beyond them. I propose that we all commit ourselves to the process of Constant and Never ending Improvement.

Frederick Nietzsche was important to me, in teaching that it's okay to strive to improve the human being.