Persia is very different from the Arab Middle East in terms of architecture and language. Even though we think of them as one big Middle Eastern area, in truth, Persia's quite distinct.

God help me if I ever do another movie with an explosion in it. If you see me in a movie where stuff is exploding you'll know I've lost all my money.

They say money can't buy happiness? Look at the smile on my face. Ear to ear, baby!

There is nothing worse that a thirteen-year-old boy. You're embarrassed by your parents, and you're trying to find your independance because, deep inside, you are so dependent on your mom.

No matter how much you change, you still got to pay the price for the things you’ve done.

All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared.

Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms.

It doesn't matter how you get knocked down in life, because that's going to happen. All that matters is that you gotta get up.

I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,' and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.

If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I'd call.

I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor.

He switched off the light, came back and sat in the chair. In the darkness, Liesel kept her eyes open. She was watching the words.

The world is a Treasure Map

You can never control the main outcomes of your life without controlling your mental attitude.

Let's not just reach for the stars, but become the stars everyone reaches for.

We cry to God for blessings but we do not really want him. He has to teach us that he is the greatest blessing of all.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

We're supposed to see "universal" love as heterosexual. What I insist upon in my work is that there is no such thing as universal love in literature.

She was like a butterfly, full of color and vibrancy when she chose to open her wings, yet hardly visible when she closed them.

Full of thrills and tension - but smart and human too.

It is to be presumed, that a man of common sense, who does not desire to please, desires nothing at all; since he must know that he cannot obtain anything without it.