If I told you that I imagine love to be a two-way mirror, which side of the mirror would you imagine me standing on?

See, that's the thing about L.A.- When you've mastered the art of feeling lonely in a room full of people, that's when you know.

In Los Angeles, everything is 100 percent organic, except the people.

And, to be honest, if weed is a gateway drug, then I really did hop the fence, but sometimes I can't help but miss the sticky-sweet warmth of a good old fashioned hot box.

The idyllic mayhem of two cultures colliding just doesn't seem as funny anymore.

A bag of bones can slip through small cracks in a crowd effortlessly.

In the movies, God is an actor just like everyone else.

Beauty is biased, brainless. It says little to nothing about anybody as far as ethics are concerned, so why not monetize it? Give it some value, pin it with a price point. Otherwise, it’s worthless.

I haven’t felt the full weightof the world on my shoulders, and I haven’t experienceda fraction of the painand embarrassment I’ve put out into this great bigwhite world.

I think of drug dealers like I think of my father— never really there when you want them to be.

I've come to realize that hunger feels more like home than any tangible structure ever has, or probably ever will. I know now that creating absence is my way of coping with absence.

It’s not contagious, you know. Death is as natural as life. It’s part of the deal we made.

We can transform our lives by renewal of our mind.

When you try to persistently abolish hatred, at that very moment...you lose focus on love.

For mankind knows hardly a joy which will surpass that of approval of his work.

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

If you start out with a tragic view of life, then anything since is just a bonus.

I can't claim to feel like I've been under some man's thumb in comedy. I've sort of always done my own thing for better or worse, and have been lucky enough to be able to perform ever since.

Human happiness, true prosperity and joyful living can only emerge from a life of elegant simplicity, embedded in the arts and crafts.

A parent's best intentions are no substitute for attention.

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.