I have an object, a task, let me say the word, a passion. The profession of writing is a violent and almost indestructible one.

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

The cigar is the perfect complement to an elegant lifestyle.

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.

Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.

The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.

You may impose silence upon me, but you can not prevent me from thinking.

Butterflies are but flowers that blew away one sunny day when Nature was feeling at her most inventive and fertile.

The intellect seeks, the heart finds.

Fill your mind Holy Scripture, that speak life into your life.

The role of a retired person is no longer to possess one.

There are many movies that I like, but I'm not sure if they have inspired me.

When emotions dominate, maturity and wisdom deteriorate

In my prime I could have handled Michael Jordan. Of course, he would be only 12 years old.

I can't go out on stage and have glow sticks waved at me! That's not representative of anything!

I just feel like when you fall in love you can't help who you fall in love with. You love who you love; it just is what it is.

Live in robust sanity, in holy obedience to the ordinary." (The Message) "In an insane asylum like the world, simple sanity can be a heroic achievement.

I believe over the last six years now, I've been learning in between actual acting moments on the show.

Love is a condition where the world seems to be standing still, and it's you who are spinning on your axis.