I wondered what that was like, to hold someone’s hand. I bet you could sometimes find all of the mysteries of the universe in someone’s hand.

I didn't think it was my job to accept what everyone said I was and who I should be.

I wondered about the science of storms and how sometimes it seemed that a storm wanted to break the world and how the world refused to break.

Mostly, I think people are fake. Well, what do you expect? The fake world we live in conspires to make us all fakes.

Words were different when they lived inside of you.

I think writing books is a way for me to work out certain issues. I write about what matters to me, always.

I got to thinking that poems were like people. Some people you got right off the bat. Some people you just didn't get--and never would get.

If you want to be a writer, you don't want to live in a comfortable place.

If you can quit for a day, you can quit for a lifetime.

You are thirst and thirst is all I know

But love was always something heavy for me. Something I had to carry.

it takes hope and courage to keep fighting even when the world gives up

Love the sea? I dote upon it - from the beach.

I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.

If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I'd call.

I may not be in the weight room as much as some guys, but I get my work done.

Time cancels young pain.

Baptism is the initial step of a faithful heart.

I try to leave my work at the door when I leave the set. It's almost like summer camp. You go in hard, then you leave, and it's done.

Why have a cake if I can't eat it?

Leave every person you come in contact with, with the impression of increase.