I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality.

Every great work of art ... is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life.

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.

That, of course, is what great works of imagination do for us: They make us a little restless, destabilize us, question our preconceived notions and formulas.

I no longer believe that we can keep silent. We never really do, mind you. In one way or another we articulate what has happened to us through the kind of people we become.

You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist.

It is amazing how, when all possibilities seem to be taken away from you, the minutest opening can become a great freedom.

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.

I eat my heart out alone.

I am suddenly left alone again on the sunny path, with a memory of the rain.

When I walked down the streets, I asked myself, are these my people?, is this my hometown, am I who I am?

If you can’t love yourself, how can you love others? If you can’t forgive yourself, how can you forgive others?

We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan.

Death is the monster we all fear, yet with each day, we walk toward it, and can't help doing so; we can't help but walk toward the one thing we're most trying to avoid.

To me cinema can be a much more friendly world if there's a lot of things to choose from.

But I always kind of knew in the back of my head that I could come back and do Stone Sour.

And a puzzle is for the piecing together, especially for the young, who still believe it can be done.

I download TV shows more and more, especially from the US.

Holy borrowing bibliophile, let's book!

I think in music there is just something inherently spiritual in singing together and harmonizing, and gospel is the truest form of that.

I don't lie." "You don't lie," I repeated. "That's what I said." "Ever." "Nope." Sure you don't, I thought.