I love being around people that contribute. It doesn't matter where the good idea comes from. A good idea is a good idea.

I'm a homebody. I'd rather be in the kitchen cooking than hanging out in a bar.

If you have your mind in the right direction, and your heart is full of the right kind of stuff, you'll succeed and you'll triumph over adversity, over really anything.

You have to pay attention to the work on the page and make it as good as possible because it could be your last.

When your a kid,everybody runs around witha red cape-we all wanted to be SUPERMAN or BATMAN.

I'm tough on the outside and soft on the inside [...] I'm really a shy guy.

My sisters and mom raised me to respect women and open doors for them.

I don't want to impose on anyone else and make anyone else emotional or anything. I tend to quietly cry, kind of turn away.

I think that any good storytelling lends itself to closing a chapter but also knowing that there's a few more volumes beyond that to dream off of.

Unless I'm running and yelling, then you really see how crooked my mouth is!

As an actor it's like, go with whatever excites you as an actor. What are you're going to invest yourself in as a character? What are you going to get into? Have a variety of characters to play.

Deal honestly and objectively with yourself; intellectual honesty and personal courage are the hallmarks of great character.

... something under $50 billion for the cost. How much of that would be the U.S. burden, and how much would be other countries, is an open question.

I think my whole living in vain involves me. I know that the biggest help for me is to help someone else in so many different ways.

Sink into morbid, cynical reflection on how much romantic heartbreak is to do with ego and miffed pride rather than actual loss

There are plenty of quacks in the field. Fewer than you'd expect, though still plenty (in alternative medicine).

I'm not afraid to go out on a limb, style-wise or with lyrics. I don't ever want to be afraid to cut those types of songs because radio might not play it.

The devotee of truth is often obliged to grope in the dark.

Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

Thanks are justly due for boons unbought

Only pissed-off people change the world.