I lived with my mom in Hawaii until I pissed her off. And then I came to live with my dad and pissed him off. He made me hustle, and claw, and fight. That's all stuff you want. You want that drive.

There are 16 year olds competing at the olympics and i still push on pull doors & struggle getting through the whole day without a nap.

I want to be a man's man - not a kid actor or a glitzy pop star but a no-bullshit leading man.

Keep your head down, work hard, and don't ever believe your own hype, because... you just keep working.

My old man is a man of few words.

People assumed that I would have everything handed to me, but that couldn't be further from the truth. I was on my own just doing the grind.

I have tough skin. I don't really read any of the comments unless they are positive. I don't accept that much negativity in my life. It's not an option.

I grew up on movie sets, getting to see storytelling happen up close.

Dive bars are much more my thing. They're no-nonsense.

I hate watching myself. It's terrible. It's horrifying.

A cross between Leo [DiCaprio]'s character in Catch Me If You Can and ... I don't know, I really like any of his movies.

My death granted immortality.With one look, I knew he’d be my undoing…” Forgotten, book #1 of the Fate Trilogy

As far as hip-hop is concerned, I'm no expert and rarely think consciously about how I "represent" hip-hop.

However bad a man, he will have some friends: however good, he will have some enemies.

I'm telling you, it's fu**ing hard to be classy

You can feel all things at once, so why not wear all things at once?

Ack!" I said. Fearless master of the witty dialogue, that's me.

Based on history the expectations are simply the highest, it kind of could become a burden for you or it could be something that you are really proud of, you know so I take the second one.

A plea for the spinning wheel is a plea for recognizing the dignity of labour.

She didn't have a daddy?" I asked. "No." "Did you have a daddy?" "You're all questions, aren't you? No, love. We never went in for that sort of thing. You only need men if you want to breed more men.

Standards are declining left and right, and it doesn't matter. It's whatever is necessary to prop up Obama.