I have decided to follow in my sinful ways, and have largely abandoned the increasingly religious life I was leading over the previous months, including several hours of Talmudic study a day.

Everything we do affects other people.

Acting in anger and hatred throughout my life, I frequently precipitated what I feared most, the loss of friendships and the need to rely upon the very people I'd abused.

The Seventh Day Adventist Church believes that it was specially chosen by God to prepare the world for the Second Coming of His Son Jesus.

I believed that English-speaking people had a divine mission to civilize the world by making it western, democratic and Christian.

I knew in my gut that there was something wrong with a system that couldn't fire its incompetents, and I had my share of incompetent college teachers.

One in 150 kids is autistic these days. The autism spectrum is growing.

I learned from my Adventist upbringing that the biggest sins were sexual.

Looking back, I wince at the careless way I tossed out my opinions.

I teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David.

I'm not jumping into anything fast. I'm an actor that likes to choose my work and there's an element of good taste to my work.

Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.

Affliction is the best book in a minister's library.

If appearances are deceitful, then they do not deserve any confidence when they assert what appears to them to be true.

In Buddhism balance is the most difficult thing, because it is overlooked.

The men and women of the CIA are a national treasure.

A coach can be like oasis in the desert of a runner's lost enthusiasm.

Sometimes you need a major crisis to bring people together.

A lot of pop people out there are cool, but they overdo it.

I attended public school with the same group of kids from K through 12.

I think the whole obsession with old gear is completely overblown. You don't need old-fashioned gear to make a great-sounding record. You don't even need [analog] tape.