I'm still wondering about the Phantom in the chair, you know at the end of Phantom [of the Opera], so I guess that's my sort of idiocy. I still haven't figured out how they do that.

I don't know if everybody does, but I have a really hard time listening to myself on recordings, unless we've spent weeks and weeks and weeks listening and mixing.

Anything that requires thought is just too much.

I'm always having to check myself and make sure I'm not over singing in some ensemble thing that will render me unavailable for participation in the stuff where it really counts.

I'm not running anywhere, it's like ninety-five degrees out.

Irritatingly angry people have no sense of humor when wearing their “angry pants.

A writer can do without food for a few hours, but not without the sight of books.

Curiosity can only be called "fear of the unknown" only when you are in your comfort zone.

I discovered the bleeding when he licked my hand and left a swath of blood behind, death's autograph.

I don't believe you should make fun of anyone but yourself.

Gary Smith, when I came to America, taught me a great deal about racing.

The reasonable man will adjust to the demands of his environment. The unreasonable man expects his environment to adjust to his own needs. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Dear Die-ary, today I stuffed some dolls full of dead rats I put in the blender. I'm wondering if, maybe, there really is something wrong with me.

There are, however, those who have called the book [The Kite Runner] divisive and objected to some of the issues raised in the book, namely racism, discrimination, ethnic inequality etc.

So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts.