We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure.

In the dark times, if you have something to hold on to, which is yourself, you'll survive.

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.

We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.

Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine.

Art and life are subjective. Not everybody's gonna dig what I dig, but I reserve the right to dig it.

I always wore sneakers when I wanted to. It was always about being comfortable and being myself.

Children are a quality of life ... when our children are happy, then we are better as human beings.

It you want to be somebody, If you want to go some where, you've got to wake up and pay attention

It never occurs to me that there are things I can't do.

If there wasn't something called acting, they would probably hospitalize people like me.

Every man is a hypocrite

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.

Whether you work outside the home or not, never tell them [your children] that being a mommy is your 'job.' Being a mommy is a relationship, not a profession.

Carlton Mellick III has the craziest book titles and the kinkiest fans!

No one who loves life can ignore literature, and no one who loves literature can ignore life.

I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt, not that fancy store-bought dirt... I can't compete with that stuff.

Music never leaves you alone, and punk rock will always be there when nothing else will.

Comparison is the most dangerous acquaintance love can make.

Audiences arent fools - their judgement really is important. And the true heroes of films are the investors. They take the risk, after all.

My memory is not even what most peoples is, much less what it oughta be for a discussion like this.