The world is not always ours to understand.

Courage is being afraid - and going ahead, anyway.

I always feel a responsibility to the people I write about. I feel obligated to portray them in the way they feel is proper.

There are idiots in every crowd.

I basically think that I'm a fairly nice, normal person with just a few eccentricities.

Enemies are created, not born.

Bad dogs, she believed, were like most bad children: created by those around them. But then, that was a personal opinion.

It hurts so good and I feel euphoric after . . . yoga people on a whole are super cool and everyone is there to work on their own thing.

Each man follows his own path - his own destiny, if you will. And only he is responsible for the choice.

Along our chosen paths, we all meet up with demons. We must meet them, and battle them, even when they are nothing but mist in the night.

Actually, Jake said, isn't life what we make it, wherever we are, whenever we may be - wherever it is that we are?

Kindness: It's ours to share.

Nature is so powerful, so strong. It takes you to a place within yourself.

Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.

Symbols mean a lot in politics. They indicate a will and create new realities.

If you really want a career in professional skateboarding,you really got to stop pushing mongo.

The thorough bred against a clamor, or rather the Porsche vs. the pickup truck.

Every time I work with real Southern actors... we immediately go into white trash and we just get along really well within one night.

I'm always down for a Spice Girls reunion. I love the Scary hair and platforms. Any time of day or night I'll be there.

Never feel guilty. Don't hold yourself back by guilt or fear. No other species in the entire world deals with guilt. Guilt is a bizarre emotion that makes you feel bad about decisions that you make.

My own mother died when I was 10 years old. My folks have told me that what little humor I have comes from her. I can't remember her humor, but I can remember her love and understanding of me.