I work from the inside out.

Your best work is your expression of yourself. Now, you may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you're the only expert.

Time is just a blur for me. I don't know what - I don't even know where I am sometimes.

People ask me if I'm an artist or an architect. But I think they're the same.

Your best work is your expression of yourself.

In the end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures.

If you know where it's going, it's not worth doing.

You can look anywhere and find inspiration.

Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them.

Take what comes your way. Do the best with it. Be responsible as you can and something good will happen.

You have to be optimistic. I still have doubts and conflicts, but the bottom line is, I believe in the future.

Some animals could see in the dark, but it was only humans who deliberately sought out every possible route into the darkness of our own interiors.

My biggest dream from the beginning - besides Evanescence - is scoring film and writing music for film.

A little while, we are in eternity; before we find ourselves there, let us do much for Christ.

I think it's important to leave spaces in a story for readers to fill in from their own experience.

It’s only useful to ask, what wisdom have you learned from your misjudgments that will help you going forward?

Engineers turn dreams into reality.

I'm what I am and I'm what I'm not. And I'm sure happy with what I've got. I live to love and laugh a lot. And that's all I need.

When someone says something dunderheaded to me about the material, it's usually a big neon sign revealing their own damage or ignorance, so my compassion kicks in.

I will take a back seat when I know my fame is dipping. I'm not delusional.

In intimate relationships, if we start trying to be more real, it's very scary.