I don't personally feel a responsibility to be a role model, but as the actor, I do.

People are not born heroes or villains; they’re created by the people around them.

A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.

When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.

If you truly own who you are, no one can use you against you.

I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life.

You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough

Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everthing can get better

Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.

To Grandma: Once upon a time, there was a boy who flew.

You don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going.

And one more thing: you still believe that man can be good. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't have invented all this nonsense to convince yourself otherwise.

A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of so-called objective principles of taste, judgement, deduction.

I feel as if when you love a book it becomes a part of you whether you have it on your shelves or not.

How to sustain the miracle Of being, that like a muted bell, Or like some ocean-breathing shell, Quivers, intense and still?

I'm an academic. It's publish or perish.

Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.

To a crazy ship, all winds are contrary.

The higher you go in a company, the less oxygen there is, so supporting intelligent life becomes difficult.

I always had a good dexterity. The story in my family goes that at the age of 3 I could thread needles faster than anybody.

Trump's victory is an opportunity for Israel to immediately retract the notion of a Palestinian state.