There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past. I wasn't sure I had it in me to keep looking back.

Don't think or judge, just listen.

There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.

Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.

All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces had kept emerging, like bits of wood floating up to the surface that only hint at the shipwreck below.

Silence is so freaking loud

It was great. Freedom even the imagined kind always is.

But as i lay there, it only seemes like silence filling my ears. And the thing was, it was so freaking loud.

If someone is really close with you, your getting upset or them getting upset is okay, and they don’t change because of it. It’s just part of the relationship. It happens. You deal with it.

There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past.

The people who know you best can be risker, because the words they say and things they think have the potential to be not only scary but true, as well.

There is only one way to make money: sell something. You're either selling your time or a product. The secret? Productize your time. That's freedom.

Friends are a special kind of love because they are there for one another like no other relationship can be.

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption also.

Unlike the masses, intellectuals have a taste for rationality and an interest in facts.

Don't write what you know. Write what you love. That's what will keep you writing.

After doing two years in prison, trust me, I've seen a lot of tough guys pray. They're not just praying for themselves; they're praying for their family and the people they've let down.

A good film is always nourishing. It's not about it being hopeful or bleak; it's about how it touches you, how it moves or stirs you.

I have come to realize more and more that the greatest disease and the greatest suffering is to be unwanted, unloved, uncared for, to be shunned by everybody, to be just nobody.

I don't believe in miracles. I believe in character

I was the world in which I walked.