I am not "cured"--I know I never will be. I will always crave that pain to keep me centered. I will always be just a little astounded when I get through a crisis without putting a blade to my flesh.

I don't want you to have to handle it. That's the horror of my past. But you...you're the reality of my present. You're the proof I survived. The prize in the cereal box.

Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.

I've become a body of films, not a man, I am all those films.

This moment is precious and full of great potential: all we have to do is figure out the little changes that will make a huge impact on how wonderful life can be in this moment.

You see the fairy tale - four minutes of glory at the Olympics. I thought my life would be cake after that.

You find that the things you let go of while following Jesus were the things that were going to destroy you in the end.

You are at once both the quiet and the confusion of my heart.

Movies are great, but the real romance happens right here somewhere as real close-up. Either you're the one erasing or you're the one being erased, so... It's not a pleasant feeling!

A cat that's inside of your house that is angry and dissatisfied and hostile is more dangerous to you than a full-grown lion is on the outside.

Children's stories force logic upon the gruesome facts of our lives. They mirror our troubles and submit them to a chain of causality.

Honor is an old-world thing; but it smells sweet to those in whose hand it is strong.