I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.

Dialogue teaches you to listen through your emotions, not to become distracted or distanced from the truth because of them.

If a nation blames other nations for their problems, most likely the citizens of the nations will do the same thing.

Suddenly I grasped what was happening- they were all trying to save me. I never thought I was worth saving.

The deep hurt is the mirror image of the deep joy that still awaits you.

When it comes to the stage, I can't help but be inspired by people like George Clinton, Elton John and Alice Cooper.

I only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I'll black out the windows or something.

I only go to places if I have a professional reason. I'm not a tourist.

Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man.

I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like 'Alright, I'll try drama.'

In times of war, it is often best to look to our history to see how past generations of Americans dealt with the loss of their countrymen in just causes.