This isn't a romance. You're not a damsel in distress and I'm not the handsome prince come to save you.

People often believed they were safer in the light, thinking monsters only came out at night.

People often believed they were safer in the light, thinking monsters only came out at night. But safety – like light – is a façade.

The only way to truly be safer, was to accept the dark, to walk in it with eyes wide open, to be a part of it. To keep your enemies close.

I wanted to cry for wanting to cry.

Her eyes, full of ancient, sacred wisdom. Her bones, deposits of inherited bravery. She is a proud descendant of strong, courageous women who went to the stakes fighting for their truths.

If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.

This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty.

I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing.

I didn't need the elf outfit to play an elf; I could just play an elf.

It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more effectually, but more pleasantly.

We are told to value ourselves without feedback, but if nobody is making a pass at you or trying to take you to Bermuda, how are you supposed to feel? Confident?

Healthcare costs are rising due to Obamacare.

I am a complete mother's boy. I try to do everything with honour, respect and grace because the last thing I would want to do is hurt her.

Jerry (Rice) played until he was 42. At 39, I ran a 4.43 40-yard dash. You look at the number of dropped balls and the way guys are playing now and you can't honestly say I can't do better.