My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet.

Dwight is a sad clown. You've seen those paintings of sad clown.

The making of art is no different than prayer.

I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.

Well, Dwight was born to be No. 2 and I don't think he would know what to do as a leader. But he loves following. He would have made a great fascist.

I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it.

Not everything is a lesson. Sometimes you just fail.

This is one doodle that can't be un-did, Homeskillet.

And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.

I think God has a tremendous sense of humor.

My body has been making women laugh for the last 20 years and I'm happy to continue to oblige.

The challenge for us is to find some response that actually inspires change rather than clinging to the old ways that cause resentment, and more importantly, distract from the real problem.

Pain does not differentiate between rich and poor or Christian and Buddhist. It brings the same feelings to everyone.

My pillow is as good as any oceanto drown in the nightmare of myself.I swam all the way here from the moon.

Nature does not reveal her mysteries once and for all.

The mindset of a believer every time he opens the Bible must be the conviction that whatever the Bible says is true. We cannot trust our reason to determine what is true or false, right or wrong.

Are all men in disguise except those crying?

Home is the first refuge from - and last defense against - the disappointments and the terrors of life.

Language is a tool for concealing the truth. If we could read each other's minds, this would be a horror show.

I am a southerner who grew up with and around guns. I own some still. My father gave me a .22 rifle when I was 9 and a single barrel .410 shotgun when I was 10.

Happiness is a decision.