If you have no brothers and sisters it defines you for life; even when you're thirty you refer to yourself as an only child.

By puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded.

As long as we prioritize material truths over spiritual truths we will live in tyranny because we are living an illusion

You must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from the idea that people are watching you.

I get fixated when I'm bleeding -- I can see why they went in for blood-letting in the medieval times because it makes you feel a bit better. When I cut myself, the drama of it calms me down.

The bad-boy label is just an assumption.

The revolution that's required isn't a revolution of radical ideas, but the implementation of ideas we already have.

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

If people have some sort of yearning, dissatisfaction or some itching irritability, then it might because they aren't looking in the right direction for a solution. They aren't looking within.

I thought I was promiscuous, but it turns out I was just thorough.

To find a happy ending with someone else, first you have to find it alone.

Archie asked me if I knew Dante's definition of hell..."Proximity without intimacy, " he said.

Monster or not, he was risking his neck to save her.

The mountains inspire me because they are just still and they have such a strong, quiet presence that feels very old.

Manage by responsibility.It is a powerful way to grow people.

Having done several of them and also loving other kinds of movies, I'm also tougher on suspense stories in terms of finding one that really excites and surprises me.

I think there are too many smart people pursuing internet stuff, finance, and law. That is part of the reason why we haven't seen as much innovation.

Your waistline is your lifeline

I sleep each night a little better, a little more confidently, because Lyndon Johnson is my president.

Solitude is sometimes the best society.