The only way I've been able to survive the betrayal of lovers, family members, and society is to be able to create as an artist.

I don't care if you hate me or love me, as long as I make you think.

With every breath, I'm deeper in you.

Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.

I became an overachiever to get approval from the world.

I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive.

I'm not interested in being Wonder Woman in the delivery room. Give me drugs.

I always acted like a star long before I was one.

Better to live one year as a tiger, then a hundred as sheep.

Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.

As much good as it does, social media can also encourage stupidity and degradation.

My favorite thing about movies is the ending, and so all my favorite movies have really great endings.

Crime does not pay as well as politics.

Humour is a big part of our lives as well as our music. Making it fun is the most important thing.

I hope that I'm not simply defined by 'The X-Files,' and I hope I have more work that is important to do.

No story that juicy was going to stay secret for long.

Have you not observed that faith is generally strongest in those whose character may be called the weakest?

You can criticize something you strive for, and you can avoid something you dream about.

God loves us; we need only to summon up the humility to allow ourselves to be loved.

We always question the bonafides of the man who tells us unpleasant facts.

You assume that it has to be a male god who finds a human female attractive? How sexist is that?