I just want to make something that I love and people will respect.

I want to do things that will change someone's life, not something they'll forget about tomorrow.

I like dark, dramatic roles; they're just really powerful and real.

I'd love to star in dark drama that audiences could really relate to.

I pay for what I call eccentricity and my will to evolve.

I loved working on 'Donnie Darko.' I learned a lot from the cast, Jake Gyllenhaal and the producers. I love doing what I do because I get to meet so many great people.

Change is your gateway to opportunity, opportunities will lead you to a new and fulfilling life.

There are basically two kinds of people: those who have empathy and care about others and those who don't. The ones who don't are creating most of the problems in the world.

You're terribly selfish, you know. I've loved you so long, and it was never dear or precious to you. I might as well have not loved you at all.

To live the life the gods have given you, you must clutch wisely, then run. Run like the houds of hell on a sinner's scent!

Everyone has this sense of togetherness right now. For example, one guy on the subway today, he wanted to share my pants.

Brazil and Germany are very similar, but in Brazil we have a much longer career. There are much more books that have been published just there.

No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.

I didn't do a masters in creative writing until I was 26, which is quite old, and then I found myself in New York and I needed money, so I started working full time as an editor.

The first year or so on The Daily Show is pretty intense in terms of travel. You're going to the worst places in the country, talking to the craziest people in the world.

Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't.