I think that any good storytelling lends itself to closing a chapter but also knowing that there's a few more volumes beyond that to dream off of.

I'm a homebody. I'd rather be in the kitchen cooking than hanging out in a bar.

If you have your mind in the right direction, and your heart is full of the right kind of stuff, you'll succeed and you'll triumph over adversity, over really anything.

You have to pay attention to the work on the page and make it as good as possible because it could be your last.

When your a kid,everybody runs around witha red cape-we all wanted to be SUPERMAN or BATMAN.

I'm tough on the outside and soft on the inside [...] I'm really a shy guy.

My sisters and mom raised me to respect women and open doors for them.

I don't want to impose on anyone else and make anyone else emotional or anything. I tend to quietly cry, kind of turn away.

Unless I'm running and yelling, then you really see how crooked my mouth is!

As an actor it's like, go with whatever excites you as an actor. What are you're going to invest yourself in as a character? What are you going to get into? Have a variety of characters to play.

I love being around people that contribute. It doesn't matter where the good idea comes from. A good idea is a good idea.

There’s no money in poetry, but there’s no poetry in money, either

Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it.

I think the years leading up to 21 were a bit more fun than 21 and beyond might be.

You make your own choices, Kira, and you can’t let anyone ever take that away from you.

I knew I wanted to do something creative. I am dyslexic, so I really struggled in school. I knew I was never going to sit behind a desk or do something involving numbers.

The only things that are important in life are the things you remember.

Actually, I invited many Commonwealth leaders to come to Malaysia. They did not accept my invitation. By that, I mean, they didn't say they didn't accept, but they just didn't come here.

You've only got so long to live.

I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing.

It's not hard to stand behind one's successes. But to accept responsibility for one's failures... that is devishly hard!