In our culture I think most people think of grief as sadness, and that's certainly part of it, a large part of it, but there's also this thorniness, these edges that come out.

There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.

Labels are for cans, not people.

Grief does not expire like a candle or the beacon on a lighthouse. It simply changes temperature.

Acting is like going to the gym. You have to keep yourself in shape and concentrate on your core.

Anyone who loses a parent, you have to find those parts of yourself that your parent held true in themselves, especially if they're supportive parents.

Everyone tells us you really don't know what you're capable of till you're in the middle of it.

I wanted really to make it moment to moment, partly because I'm an actor and that's how I operate - actors are all about creating the moment.

You cannot live a nonviolent life as long as you are consuming violence. Please consider going vegan.

You are no greater than the knowledge you acquire, the desires you harbor, and the experiences you cherish.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

We are primitive men; we taboo what we desire and need. How did the denying of love come to be associated with the idea of morality.

Craft is not a category; it's a means. The folks running the museum [Museum of Arts and Design]are sharp, and they know this, but they are in a bind.

In a word, the free trade system hastens the social revolution. It is in this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, that I vote in favor of free trade.

There is, in the end, the letting go.

we are human beings, we are born full of guilt; we feel terrified when happiness becomes a real possibility.

Jesus said, "I am the way to heaven." I'm betting that he's not a liar. I'm betting that he told the truth.

I used to work very long hours. Then I started to realize that the stuff that I was writing in the late afternoons, I was generally throwing out. So I quit earlier than I used to.