Going back and forth between the press and something like The Crucible must be really crazy and intense.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

Privacy above all else. Some day, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.

We're more concerned about our own "victory" over sin than we are about the fact that our sins grieve God's heart.

Hanson got to sleep with you, and I didn't, ” he said, his own jaw a little tight. “So I stole his car.

When things feel murky and unsure, fine tuning our hearing so as to distinguish the voice of our Innermost Self brings clarity.

If you're heartless, try not to steal someone else's

I can't control what life did to me, but I can control how I react. Therein lies the difference.

I never listened to the Grateful Dead as a teen; the only exposure I got was what came through the walls when my sister was listening to them.

The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God's plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!

You are your own Promised Land, your own new frontier.

Cause I'm still hood, Hollywood couldn't change me.

In L.A. everyone is in the entertainment industry, so you're forced to think about work.