People most strenuously seek to evaluate performance by comparing themselves to others, not by using absolute standards.

A MAN WITH A CONVICTION is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts or figures and he questions your sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point.

When dissonance is present, in addition to trying to reduce it, the person will actively avoid situations and information which would likely increase the dissonance.

I prefer to rely on my memory. I have lived with that memory a long time, I am used to it, and if I have rearranged or distorted anything, surely that was done for my own benefit.

Ask questions. The secrets of life are hidden in questions, so ask wisely.

Don't worry and don't hurry and your days will be long.

Actors are one family over the entire world.

I was at Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver for four years, and I loved it.

I need a template of a template

Style is innate to who I am. My father gave me a picture the other day. I must have been about seven, and I had on wing-tip shoes and some cool pants. I thought, 'Wow!'

I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.

Different authors write different ways, have different relationships with their audiences, and those are all legitimate.

such fickle days of love when pain and ecstasy share the same hour

It's just not an image I had ever put out about myself - the bedroom synth guy. The whole thing seemed ridiculous.