I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.

I randomly went to a casting session in my hometown in North Carolina, and the casting director introduced me to my manager. I really lucked into it!

I would definitely go back and do theater; I talk about theater all the time.

If I wasn't an actor, I would probably be writing or doing something with psychology.

Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-stricken about their own orthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.

Creativity often consists of merely turning up what is already there.

Real life security and contentment come not from putting a gun in the cupboard, but from taking a role in the world's future.

All finery is a sign of littleness.

When you walk in love, you give up your right to be right.

I know that the podcast is typically something I can do forever, because it's mine; it's just me and my producer and business partner, so it's our business.

I hope Mr. Obama has success.

When Tibetan lamas die they stay in a realization of clear light nature of the mind for several days or weeks.

Society has no business to permit degenerates to reproduce their kind

Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.