My life is like a lone, forgotten Q-Tip in the second-to-last drawer.

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.

If my life wasn't funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.

No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.

My heart's in the right place. I know, 'cuz I hid it there.

Bipolar disorder can be a great teacher. It's a challenge, but it can set you up to be able to do almost anything else in your life.

I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you.

There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."

I get lots of awards for being mentally ill. Apparently, I am better at being mentally ill than almost anything else I've ever done. Seriously - I have a shelf of awards for being bipolar.

You know the bad thing about being a survivor... You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift.

Words are useless without action. Stop fantasizing and just DO it. Be a "game changer" or get played like an idiot.

Word count doesn't tell me when a story ends, my characters will tell me.

It is impossible to build enduring institutions without solid values. For us, the fundamental value is that associated with democracy.

I can measure the motion of bodies but I cannot measure human folly.

It's not your blue blood, your pedigree or your college degree. It's what you do with your life that counts.

If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.

It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention.

When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn't do very well at it, so I went back to doing what I do naturally well, or what the audience expects from me - action pictures.

Leadership is like beauty - it's hard to define but you know it when you see it.

Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable.