I know I can be very standoffish . . .

Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul.

To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.

Even in its darkest passages, the heart is unconquerable. It is important that the body survives, but it is more meaningful that the human spirit prevails.

When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose you self-worth in the process.

It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on the a brighter world.

Everyone picked on me in school because I was in foster care.

I still love my former wife, I won't call her my ex-wife.

Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it.

You have to understand that in a person's life there are a few precious moments in which decisions, choices that you make now, will affect you for the rest of your life.

You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset.

Carry the fire.

I want to make a clear distinction between people who take acting seriously and people who call themselves actors because theyve been on reality TV or something.

Don't you realize," Merlin said to his pupil, "that the history of the universe has brought us here to this second?

You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.

It may be true that love is blind, but only for what is ugly: its sight is keen enough for what is beautiful.

I was always very curious about other people. I would always stare and my mother would say - just please close your mouth!

There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.

Direct religious experience is threatening to organized religion, which often mediates it with a rabbi or priest.

Loving someone who doesn't love you back is like hugging a cactus. The tighter you hold on, the more it's going to hurt.