The most shocking act, closely examined, is just a louder version of some habitual gesture.

The complexity of the world is so overwhelming and so present to everyone.

Graduate school is a really supportive environment, but in a way, it was only when that support vanished that I flourished.

Innocence as we understand it in our culture is very theatrical. The flip side is, if youre charming enough, you can get away with anything.

I didn't grasp that desire and duty could rival each other, least of all that they most often did.

Work with all your heart, because - I promise - if you show up for your work day after day after day after day. you just might get lucky enough some random morning to burst into bloom.

When failure knocks on your door, ignore it.When defeat bangs on your door, lock it.When success knocks on your door, answer it.When greatness knocks on your door, seize it.

Forgive because it makes you feel good.

Once, she fell off of a ladder when I was three. She says all she was worried about was my face as I watched her fall.

All that money stuff was so strange; all it ever meant to me was freedom from worry. I'm happier now than I've ever been but I still wish I had that money.

I believe in perpetual art, no matter if there are not many artists like me on this earth.

Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!

A true business opportunity is the that an entrepreneur invents to grow him or herself. Not to work in, but to work on.

I think there's a certain stigma that comes with being a white rapper and having a show.

I'm just looking to be in the best movies possible and do the best work possible and try to become a better actor and make better movies.