Life and death live and die in exactly the same spot, the body.

Slice a pear and you will find that its flesh is incandescent white. It glows with inner light. Those who carry a knife and a pear are never afraid of the dark.

Just as music is noise that makes sense, a painting is colour that makes sense, so a story is life that makes sense.

Afterwards, when it's all over, you meet God. What do you say to God?

Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparate elements of human existence into a coherent whole. We are story animals.

Just as music is noise that makes sense, a painting is color that makes sense, so a story is life that makes sense.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in

Look at me

Without an anchor, we can be drifted to any shore. May you find hope as anchor.

Let the dead bury the dead...

I was more interested in playing sports than acting. I didn't take acting too seriously until the end of my junior year.

I think most people in the developed world would admit to carrying some sort of handheld device, whether it's a laptop or a cell phone, at all times.

I want to make these films that I think other people would be scared to do. I don't think anyone can go off and make a rock opera. I think it's a very specific niche.

I love the challenge of playing characters forced on life-changing emotional journeys. To work on a project with Billy Crudup and Sam Rockwell is just a dream come true.

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.

The GOP can't even envision winning the White House if we lose a significant percentage of the Hispanic vote.