Part of the reason I wrote the book was I wanted to understand for myself why such good people let themselves get treated so badly.

Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time.

There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.

Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.

We accept the love we think we deserve.

I really think that everyone should have watercolors, magnetic poetry, and a harmonica.

Maybe these are my glory days, and I'm not ever realizing it because they involve a ball.

And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.

And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't matter.

It felt very natural to me to write a Christmas song, but at the same time I had to really put all sorts of pressure aside and just let the creativity flow and see what came out.

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.

No negotiation is ever possible if you have to negotiate not only with the people in the room but also with some other committee in permanent session.

Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school.

The day Rick Ross dives into the crowd, is the day we find out who his true fans are.

Making fun of guys to get them to perform and prove themselves, that's always going to exist. But we have to equally celebrate them and empower them.

The most beautiful man in the world says everything with his eyes, and the rest with his hands and mouth.

Live so as to have a quiet conscience.

I got run over by a bug-eyed dummy, I guess.