I'm not going to be one of those people who sits around talking about what they're going to do. I'm just going to do it. Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia.

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

What you must understand about me is that I’m a deeply unhappy person.

Y'all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die.

We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreperably broken.

They love their hair because they're not smart enough to love something more interesting.

Why don’t we break up? I guess I stay with her because she stays with me. And that’s not an easy thing to do.

I wanted to be one of those people who have streaks to maintain, who scorch the ground with their intensity. But for now, at least I knew such people, and they needed me, just like comets need tails.

At some point we all look up and realize we are lost in a maze.

Night falls fast. Today is in the past.

I'm really not up for answering any questions that start with how, when, where, why or what.

When we do something we like, we are not only happy. We are also very strong!

Nothing is more important than a great idea that influenced thedevelopment of civilization.

At least at times of loss, we are reminded of our priorities, of our many blessings. In times of gain, we can so often lose our way.

I'm hesitant to do leading man character roles because I think they can be a little boring in terms of needing to be the everyman who navigates the amazing stuff around them.

[On Bonnie Prince Charlie:] Oh, Charlie is my darling, / My darling, my darling; / Oh, Charlie is my darling, / The young Chevalier.

Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense.

Poetry is the break (or rather the meeting at the breaking point) between the visible and the invisible.

Men hate more steadily than they love.

But if you want to find peace, you must first be able to hope it is possible.

Larger-than-life characters make up about .01 percent of the world's population.