To me Donnie Darko was about adolescence. And about how, as soon as you start to grow up and you sort of move out into the world, you realize everything is so trippy. That anything can be anything.

Don't listen to what anybody says except the people who encourage you. If it's what you want to do and it's within yourself, then keep going and try to do it for the rest of your life.

Every journey starts with fear.

Do you know what fear stands for? False Evidence Appearing Real.

Don't listen to what anybody says except the people who encourage you.

I was listening to this Adele song, where she's like, "When we were young..." I was like, "You're 27. Are you kidding me?

Romance is important, but to have a friend you can use as a mirror, who can give you an objective response, that's what's really important.

I think that we all have within us the potential for almost anything. If we play close attention to our lives, then we can get at it somehow.

By cool, I don't mean cool. I mean vulnerable and a mess.

Theater has given me a different perspective on the way I approach films.

I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to

The measure of success is not by opulence but by happiness

Jesus Christ shed His blood so we could have a life filled with victories

If your mother cooks Italian food, why should you go to a restaurant?

I was always determined that races should begin on time and I never deviated from that policy.

Baseball got into my blood early and I worked harder at it than anything.

Jesus never uttered a loftier or a grander truth than when he said that wisdom cometh out of the mouths of babes.

Our tax code encourages people to raise thoroughbred horses, not children.

For the first time in weeks, Park didn't have that anxious feeling in his stomach on the way home from school, like he had to soak up enough Eleanor to keep him until the next day.

The lesson of Good Friday is to never lose hope — or at least give it 48 hours.

I want to follow in my father's footsteps, but do it better.