I moved to California not to pursue acting but to get out of Albuquerque.

When you have such a good workout, it clears everything up mentally, physically, and you just have a better day.

I think brutal honesty is extremely important. Don't be afraid of being up-front about your feelings and your life. I'd rather be an honest friend than a phony lover.

I learned how to scuba dive, which is something that I've always wanted to do.

I think the most attractive thing for me when I meet a guy is confidence and him being comfortable in his own skin. I like someone who doesn't need approval or validation.

I love making characters real and believable, through my own experience and choices.

No matter what you're doing, live it. Make an experience. Have fun. Relate to someone. Take them in. Learn.

In L.A. everyone is an actor. In Texas, everyone's a musician.

I'm confident - confident in my skin, and I'm cool with my flaws and all that stuff.

In any solid, good relationship, it takes a while to trust someone.

The fact that we all have broken pasts is something that I'm very attracted to, along with being able to turn your life around and do good with it.

Since 1857 we know what we are capable of, And Since 1947 we know what is at Stake.

When the economic well-being of their nation demanded a strong and creative response, my colleagues at the Federal Reserve... mustered the moral courage to do what was necessary.

If you've broken the eggs, you should make the omelette.

I've taken advantage of the laws. And frankly, so has everybody else in my position.

Most people are not particularly good at anything.

I think pushing the ideas is important. I wouldn't say it's more important than action. You can't really separate the two.

Al was cruel, vindictive, angry, elegant, powerful. He gave me strength, he gave me wisdom, not only about magic, but about myself. He was a lot like Trent, only harsher around the edges.

Each day is an opportunity to travel back into tomorrow's past and change it.

And for him [Kurt Cobain] to do that [suicide] - I didn't like that. I thought that was just wrong. It just sent a bad message to a troubled generation.

Cheating is baseball's oldest profession. No other game is so rich in skullduggery, so suited to it or so proud of it.