I saw something even more beautiful than a sense of humor: an appreciation for life’s essential absurdity.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

Every dream has a message. Pay attention!

Universal or quantum consciousness emphasizes that we are all interrelated, interconnected and interdependent.

I'm a huge fan of the first 'Independence Day.' It is amazing. When it came out in 1995, just how explosive and big it was... I loved it.

Creativity is the power to act.

Work hard at . . . something.

Knowing when to say something and when not to say something is important.

Excess is the common substitute for energy.

Something very beautiful happens to people when their world's fallen apart: a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when our knees hit the floor.

The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me.

I've gotten more buff.