In my freshman year in high school, I went to the only public high school in Boston with a theatre program.

I didn't have big movie offers, or any big agents wanting to work with me. I had to go grassroots, start at the bottom and go on 150 auditions before someone finally gave me a shot

The food in Europe is pretty disappointing. I like fried chicken. But other than that Europe is great.

Ultimately in the end, it's the director's choice

We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods.

I wish I was a guy who could have pancakes and bacon and cheesy eggs, but I'd curl up and pass out. I gotta start healthy or I'll be off the rails all day.

What's important is self-appreciation

I love the rush of being creative. I really think I live for it.

For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.

I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table.

We never really felt a real level of respect. The fame was fantastic, but that wasn't that important to me, because for every million people that loved me I focused on the one that hated me.

Friendship isn't about becoming somebody else perfect person. It is about finding someone who helps you become the best person you can be.

Every book is a kind of struggle, and it's a miracle when it comes out.

I've been to Uganda and to North Korea and to Eritrea, countless horror spots around the world.

An unexamined life is not worth living, and an unexamined faith is not worth holding.

I suppose I started writing seriously at 16 years old. I thought I wrote a novel at 16 and sent it to New York! They sent it back because it wasn't novel.

I loved psychology and I loved history.

If you entrust your data to others, they can let you down or outright betray you.

Hire people inspired to achieve something big over people who demand something big before they feel inspired.

Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.

You should not begin to pray for all you want until you realize that in God you have all you need.