To idealize: all writing is a campaign against cliché. Not just clichés of the pen but clichés of the mind and clichés of the heart.

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.

Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.

Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.

My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived.

When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

Closure is a greasy little word which, moreover, describes a nonexistent condition. The truth, Venus, is that nobody gets over anything.

Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about money.

When you’ve lost all your play, guess what love becomes. Work. Work that gets harder every hour.

Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . .

Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards.

Don't let anyone tell your story. Pick up a pen and write your own.

Make your love to change everyone you meet but don't let anyone change your love for a bit.

The feelings that still linger, decade after decade, aren’t just the residue of a love lost. They are as real as the first day I told her I loved her." ~Corbin Jones, Voice of Innocence

I had a simple goal in life: to be true to my parents and our country as an honorable son, a caring brother, and a good citizen.

Existence is prior to essence.

The individual point of view is the only point of view from which one is able to look at the world in its truth.

When you're touring, it's somehow hard to focus on other things. I know other people can do it, but I really can't.

You never stop learning your craft. That's the key to success within yourself as an actor.

The perfect pleasure: money is neither fattening nor immoral nor illegal.

We should not try to design a better world. We should make better feedback loops.