When something you make doesn't work, it didn't work, not you. You, you work. You keep trying.

A good idea is worthless without impeccable execution and a commitment to iterate.

Dedication to quality, community, and originality without exception.

Without death, life would have no boundaries and our days would not be so precious. My mother was a firm believer in the common sense of nature.

I used to condemn junkies, like they could get off the stuff if they really wanted to, and that is just as stupid as saying, "You could grow eyes in the back of your head if you really wanted to.

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.

I believe in the healing power of laughter. I believe laughter forces us to breathe.

The powerful have no monopoly on greed, hatred, fear, or ignorance.

As an actor, I usually try and keep my motivation within the context of what the character is going through.

The price of love is only love, ... one must love if one desires to be loved.

Human beings have an almost unlimited capacity for self-delusion. We can justify any amount of sadness if it fits our own particular standard of reality.

The Everglades is a test. If we pass it, we may get to keep the planet.

[To write poems] I think it's important to do research, and research mostly is going to come from books, so all of your reading is potentially helpful to your poetry.