When I moved to L.A. in 1989, the very first thing I did was this horrific pilot called To Protect And Surf.

I've never been married, and I've never been divorced. But I have had some very serious relationships. I was engaged twice. The way that those relationships ended, it was very very heartbreaking.

And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen.

Sight is about what lies right in front of us. Vision is what lies ahead.

But all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure.

I love going to the feed store and drinking coffee and talking about how much rain we need.

I would say 95% of the time, because you just can't remember your lines if you're drinking alcohol. I would say about 95% of the time it was grape juice or this fake wine, which was horrible.

The fact that I haven't been married might qualify me as belonging in the nutty category to a lot of women.

I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides.

But I'm a citizen of Texas and try to spend most of my time there.

I'm not so proud to think that anything is unworthy, and I don't think I was that way 10 years ago.

Science Fiction: Any scientific acclaim that omits God.

What's a man's first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.

The minute you think you've got it made disaster is just around the corner.

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

The reason we constantly discover new truth in Shakespeare is that his complete understanding of the particular includes the universal.

I don't live for poetry. I live far more than anybody else does.

When there's nothing but humility, there's nothing but spiritual oneness.

I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen.

We must have the hope to be able to succeed.

Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.