It gets really dark before it gets light.

I think the fakest thing in the world is to judge someone on how they look.

For a moment you forget how much the loss hurts. Then you remember and it buries you.

I used to feel like I was drowning. So I stopped trying to swim.

Everything I loved became everything I've lost.

Every girl is beautiful, it's society that's ugly.

You can't always tell when someone's keeping something inside and not really happy.

The only person to blame is the person making up the bullshit.

You can be a nice guy that wants to kill himself.

I don't think anyone really knows the purpose of their existence.

I can't drown my demons. They know how to swim.

Life is given to be invested in multiplying

I had given up practising my Jewish religion when I was a 14-year-old girl and did not begin to feel Jewish again until I had returned to God.

It's not a real name," she says. "Not one that he's carried with him always. It's one he wears like his hat. So he can take it off if he wants.

Anytime I can sneak in a moment to fish and ride horses, I'm a happy camper!

After all, it’s what we’ve done that makes us what we are.

I am on the road all the time. Whether I'm in Paris or in a small college town in Texas, I can't tell the difference, and that's good. You don't have to leave where you were born to be cool anymore.

You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.

I create my own lyrics. I have a great band. I have a drummer from East Berlin.

It is remarkable that in all of his writings Paul's prayers for his friends contain no appeals for changes in their circumstances.

My hero is Michelle Williams, who I grew close to when we did 'Meek's Cutoff.' She's an extraordinary actor and mom.