I think even probably the people we look up to the most, and think are on the Mount Olympus of actors - they're still experiencing nervousness.

I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.

Sometimes I feel that the people I'm writing are more real to me than the people around me. When you take that imaginative leap, you're living so much in that world.

I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn't do it, but I don't love the theater as much as I love movies.

I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.

What I did have was an incredible amount of belief in myself.

I was really surprised when I started working and realized that you're actually on your own, a lot of the time. It makes you really responsible, as an actor.

I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.

And when I get bored, it's like the worst parts of me come out. I really veer to self-destructive tendencies quickly.

Nothing but education defines the future of a person and the future of a nation.

My happiness derives from knowing the people I love are happy.

I love you to pieces, distraction, etc.

The success of God's Word in our lives is linked intrinsically to our application of its truth.

God is not an elusive dream or a phantom to chase, but a divine person to know. He does not avoid us, but seeks us. When we seek Him, the contact is instantaneous.

Darren Criss in particular enjoys his spanking. In case you were curious.

Hope," Frank grumbled. "I'd rather have a few good weasels.

Nonfiction is never going to die.

It hurts. I miss my kids. I miss my kids in so many ways that I can't explain.