One of the better definitions of insanity - doing the exact same thing over and over and expecting the result to be different.

Every true artist is at war with the world.

Just the kind of girl I liked—the weirdo in the bunch.

When you start putting pen to paper, you see a side of your personal truth that doesn't otherwise reveal itself in conversation or thought.

When I looked into her eyes, I saw an invisible spirit of something that I already loved.

Music itself was color-blind but the media and the radio stations segregate it based on their perceptions of the artists.

I had seen these transformations, people who had lost their will to live, coming back from their zombie states and radiating a new life force from their eyes.

Give her the continent and she wanted the hemisphere.

When you realize that there's a name and a description for this condition that you thought was insanity, you've identified the problem, and now you can do something about it.

My work was done, so it was time to start digging my grave again.

Every time you empty your vessel of that energy, fresh new energy comes flooding in.

Empowerment includes growth mindset, positive thinking, acceptance of new challenge, learning and positive self-image.

[W]ithout the League, you'd be nothing.

Time goes by: reputation increases ability declines.

Part of the business of being an artist is abetting talent. The best do that.

Darwinism is dynamic. It is about change, not stasis; about process, not pattern; about tales, not tableaux; about becoming, not being.

Just being a mediocre driver has never been my ambition. That's not my style.

May I so boldly suggest that this Thanksgiving, we focus on one-on-one conversations, instead of broadcasting our lives to the masses.

Every story I've written was written because I had to write it. Writing stories is like breathing for me; it is my life.

We all have an escape. Mine was theater.

It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.