Nearly everyone has had a box of secret pain, shared with no one.

A man without words is a man without thought.

All great and precious things are lonely.

My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.

An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion.

Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.

Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.

Man has a choice and it's a choice that makes him a man.

He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.

Courage and fear were one thing too.

Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost.

If you can't focus then how do you expect to make your dreams come true?

Murderers are not monsters, they're men. And that's the most frightening thing about them.

Even though I know that breaking your brain is the same as breaking your arm, I'm still ashamed that my brain is broken.

The right priorities in planning will help you to avoid fuss, tiredness and overwork

For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument.

Liberals believe that they can't get a fair shake from the media anymore.

To militant Islamists, the expulsion of the Soviets was just the prelude to purging the entire Islamic world of infidels.

I didn't realize House would be the central character, more the bitter comic relief appearing occasionally. I relish his wounded nature - the lameness, the scarred Byronic hero.

I've been a musician longer than I've been an actor.

To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.