The fact my relationship with my son is so good makes me forgiving of my father and also appreciative.

It seems like the chaos of this world is accelerating, but so is the beauty in the consciousness of more and more people.

As long as a person is breathing, there is hope for them.

Sometimes, out of really horrible things come really beautiful things.

I would have to say the person with whom I am most in love is definitely my son, Everly Bear. Although I'm his dad, I'm also his friend.

I had not had any drugs for 5 years but then I relapsed again. I have also smoked nearly everything. Every day it was a battle to recover, which I fought for my son and myself.

My days are whatever I want them to be. I don't have to go worry about chasing some chemical to make me feel OK for a minute, and then make me feel worse.

Every true artist is at war with the world.

I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction.

Just the kind of girl I liked—the weirdo in the bunch.

To be 26 years old and lose your left heart ventricle was probably the most dramatic thing that's ever happened to me in my life...

I thought about writing the character as male, but then I would be forced to portray him as a woman in a man's body.

It feels great to know that whatever you need to achieve your dreams are in you. Whatever the spider needs to make a cobweb is not in the housefly. Look to yourself

The spirit of perseverance and persistence will calm mighty storms.

Only criminals and madmen walk into Central Park after midnight...or, occasionally, an actor. (Dark City Lights)

Adulthood feels like walking around in the desert with a bag over your head, being bumped into by people who rob you as they bore you.

Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work.

A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.

Each of us has a private Austen.

I'm very, very family oriented. I'm a big cook and a good connoisseur and I only drink very good red wines now.

The biggest risk with a series that goes on this long is that you'll get bored with the character.