Writing is not a matter of time, but a matter or of space. If you don't keep space in your head for writing, you won't write even if you have the time.

Moving on is easy. It's staying moved on that's trickier.

If truth doesn't set you free, generosity of spirit will.

There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No relief in hate. It’s just a waste of perfectly good happiness.

How to Write a PoemCatch the airaround the butterfly.

My Personalityunfolding before youlike a Swiss Army knife.

Impatience kills quickly.

Writing poetry is supernatural. Or, it should be.

Lineation can make your break your poems.

If you don't write when you don't have time for it, you won't write when you do have time for it.

Everybody deserves love, but nobody is entitled to it.

Governors were once minors. Presidents were once residents.

Pain dutifully reminds me that the world is terribly imperfect, but it faithfully helps me appreciate the world on those days when it’s a little closer to being perfect.

I didn't want people to think I'm just in the movies, where you make money and wait around for 13 hours before you get to do 20 minutes of work.

Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry.

Happiness isn't about getting what you want all the time; it's about loving what you have.

The more things I threw away, the more I found.

As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong. That's what I find with acting. As soon as it becomes padded, it becomes pat.

I'm really, really emotional.

The best commentary on the principles of government which has ever been written.

Days, weeks, months, years," said the boy. "Minutes and hours and seconds. I don't know about any of those things.