Bravery is the engine of change.

Marriage isn't a carnival ride.

I don't believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.

On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors.

Nothing really worth having is easy to get. The hard-fought battles, the goals won with sacrifice, are the ones that matter.

Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.

Karaoke is the great equalizer.

You can only really learn from failure ... To win, you need to fail, and fail hard.

My parents were vegetarians. I'd show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu sandwich and celery sticks.

Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.

I don't want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

I was angry with myself because I still loved her, or at least I loved that dream of our togetherness. My feelings were unreasonable, irrational, and I couldn't change them. That hurt.

Some things get better with age, but after a certain point, the mind isn't among them.

Perhaps this is the only real evil left.

Surfing - I have to go surfing.

The desire of representation exists only insofar as the original is always deferred. It is only in the absence of the original that representation can take place.

I will not move my army until I am absolutely ready.

Singing really is acting. In a lot of ways, it's much more personal. I love music, and being able to work on that is amazing.

I have to convince myself that this is not a pointless life, even the body is telling me so.

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health.