You never really know what's coming. A small wave, or maybe a big one. All you can really do is hope that when it comes, you can surf over it, instead of drown in its monstrosity.

Love is hard to find, hard to keep, and hard to forget.

Life is hell, at some point we all just have to get used to it.

The truth doesn't mind being told every once in a while.

Only write a story that only you can write.

I felt like some part of my soul was ripped out and put under a microscope for criticizing.

Sleep did not honor me with it’s presence.

Speaking Akil’s name around Stefan felt like throwing gasoline on a bushfire." ~ Muse

Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.

Neuroscience has proven that similar areas of the brain are activated both in the person who suffers and in the one who feels empathy. Thus, empathic suffering is a true experience of suffering.

If the Fleeting World is but a long dream, it does not matter whether one is young or old.

Everybody is exposed to radiation. A little bit more or a little bit less is of no consequence.

You must see yourself as guardian, somebody who will preserve what is true and pass it on. Be a guardian. We don't need militants or revolutionaries. We need guardians. We need leaders.

I'd make people say 'use Fork;' if I thought I could get away with it.

Coming from the cotton plantation, the southern regions, I was brought up with real nice kids, mannered kids, who would go to church on Sunday.

Screw-top wine has improved the quality of life by about ten percent, wouldn't you say?

I'll be honest, I never saw myself making a ninja movie, never entertained the idea. I think ninja films can be quite cheesy unless you do them in feudal Japan.