Talking about spirituality is like talking about new love - it always sounds kooky to those who aren't experiencing it.

To act, no matter how the character is, you have to love and have compassion for the character you're playing.

You can't judge a character that you're playing, because then you're fighting against doing what the character's doing.

To me, the most interesting part of 'True Blood' is that the entire crux of the show is based on identity and finding your true identity.

You have to become a ladder that other people climb up in their path to success. If you are not ready for that, then you are not ready to be a pastor.

The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.

Many critics are born of envy.

My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.

The metaphysical image that a definite epoch forges of the world has the same structure as what the world immediately understands to be appropriate as a form of its political organization.

If you're getting ready to do a really emotional scene then, right before it, you're probably not going to be outside playing basketball.

Fate does not jest and events are not a matter of chance. There is no existence out of nothing.

Setting up a system that rewards you for meeting your goals and has penalties for failing to hit your target is just as important as putting your goals down on paper.

I don't ever participate in debates about the existence or nonexistence of God because I can't imagine why anyone would be persuaded one way or the other by such things.

Sports are my passion and I really enjoy connecting with others who share my love of the game