When I got out of school, it used to be that it was theater actors that ended up doing film and television, and you had to come from the theater to be taken seriously in that world.

I would love to be a voice in this maelstrom of chaos and obsessive celebrity infatuation that says, 'Let's talk about something that matters'.

We are witnessing an enormous shift of collective consciousness throughout the world. We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government.

We just have to have visibility. We have to have acknowledgement. We have to have accountability to how we treat one another.

I try to be as fearless as possible. I don't always succeed, but I like to think I try.

Parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance.

It is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action.

Part of being a psychopath is an ability to dissociate from one reality and create another one, completely.

I listen to music a lot, if I need to get into a particular space. I do stretching and breathing, and take time to mostly be quiet and find the stillness. I think that's important.

I've had some pretty stimulating conversations about where we are politically as a result of this movie [Snowden], but then there are a lot of questions just about that sensationalism of it.

My desire to be valued is manifested in cultivating relationships with my friends and family.

Last night your thin walls invited me to the party next door / reminded me I am a quiet person in a quiet life.

Food for the ego is poison for the soul.

If I was your mirror, you would look for me more, than you do me.

I won’t bet $100 against house odds between now and the grave.

Do you find it easy to get drunk on words?" "So easy that, to tell you the truth, I am seldom perfectly sober.

As I said to Speedicut, it's hell in the diplomatic.

There is an illusion that has much to do with... most of our unhappiness.... We expect too much.

Success is a dangerous element in any endeavor. Embrace the struggle. Beware the achievement. For it steals your caution even as it leads you down the next unknown pathway.

Literature has become my life.