I'm in control of my life, not anyone in Hollywood.

Don't let anyone ever make you feel you don't deserve what you want.

Never give up on what makes you smile

I think the most common cause of insomnia is simple; its loneliness.

I believe that whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you... stranger.

People generally express more in between their sentences when they're not speaking. Words are usually there to disguise who someone is or what they're feeling.

Nobody panics when things go “according to plan”. Even if the plan is horrifying!

If you make decisions based upon people's reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices.

If you are just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.

I like to set up obstacles and defeat them.

See I’m not a monster, I’m just ahead of the curve.

Being a rock star is like being a cult leader - you really have to be in your own religion.

Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.

A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one.

I always felt that a marriage works best at a farm... where you're together and everybody has clear-cut roles; they have chores, 'you take care of this' and you know. But it's hard.

I think if I ever get satisfied, I’ll have to stop. It’s the frustration that drives you.

I am concerned that people who admire [Ayn] Rand are not often critical enough of the extent to which she has abridged the implications of [her] novels.

Art is by nature optimistic. Art is optimistic because it is alive.

This much is clear: violence breeds violence, repression brings retaliation, and only a cleansing of our whole society can remove this sickness from our soul.

But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.

We all like to prove people wrong who say we're no good.