So anybody with any bit of intelligence has got to be pissed off because if they see how things are in the world they're not going to be happy with it.

Black eyeliner. It’s standard. It’s all you need. It just makes the world a better place.

You get depressed because you know that you're not what you should be.

You have to be saved to get into heaven....you only have to be you to get into hell.

If you want to find out who your real friends are, sink the ship. The first ones to jump aren't your friends.

Music is the strongest form of magic.

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.

The imagination is precious. Don't lose it. Don't lose the child in you.

People are too lazy and too stupid to think for themselves that we've got sitcoms with canned laughter that lets you know when to laugh if you're too stupid to know when the joke is.

I don't think we should ever regret anything we do. I think we have to accept the consequences and you learn from your mistakes, and that's how you grow as a person

Every story is informed by a worldview.

I know no one is perfect, that behind every facade of perfection is a writhing mess of subterfuge and secret sorrows... but even taking that into account, Noah was pretty much perfect.

Your tears are never invisible---there is always an insecure woman that lights up when you point them out.

Take the road where the eagle flies, man follows where his fortune lies.

The eye and fantasy feel more attracted by nebulous distance than by that which is close and distinct in front of us.

I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.

I just broke up with my girlfriend because I caught her lying. Under another man.

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.

I wish I were a character actor. Of course, if I played hockey without a mask, I could become one.

The breaking of so great a thing should make A greater crack: the round world Should have shook lions into civil streets, And citizens to their dens.