I've named a couple things after Edgar Allan Poe: the cat, and my garden upstate, where I only planted black flowers and purple flowers - and there's a raven statue.

I move around a lot. Ive lived in a ton of different places - and only for a month or two at a time. I have a deep, rabid curiosity, so I like having a gypsy life.

I think the first couple of times you do make-out scenes, you psych yourself out and it's really nerve racking.

One Tree Hill was a great learning opportunity for me, and Im excited to go and apply that elsewhere and see where I end up.

For me, I always wonder what's worse: an emotional betrayal or a physical betrayal? That's a really tough call.

I like to write paper mail - nobody does that anymore - with my pen pals.

I grew up in such a macho family. I had a former Green Beret for a dad, a mom who's really rough-and-tumble, and three very macho brothers.

Isn't Googling someone the first thing everyone does?! They meet someone new and Google them!

Gardening gloves are for sissies. I always have dirt under my nails.

There's something about a holiday that isn't all about how much money you spend.

I've always been very vocal about my religion. It's a big part of who I am.

Your heart is who you are, all else follows. Guard your heart, Thomas. Guard your heart.

In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.

When you move like a jellyfish, rhythm is nothing. You go with the flow. You don't stop.

They say talk is cheap. Maybe so. But kindness is even better—it's free! Free to give. Free to receive. Makes you wonder why there's not more of it, huh?

I used to write poems more when I was younger, but I haven't in a long time. I just write ideas and paragraphs and go from there.

That's why I tried to kill myself when I was a student [in Yale]. I thought I was the only one there.

I am so busy now that if I did not spend three hours each day in prayer, I could not get through the day.

Never be ashamed of your tears. Be proud that you are still natural. Be proud that you can express the inexpressible through your tears.

I've wanted to make movies ever since I was a kid. I knew that was my goal.

Never believe in mirrors or newspapers.