I'm a big history buff so to walk the streets...the ancient world like that was pretty astounding.

My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger that's not how I was- I was a little spoiled brat.

When I was young I used to have this thing where I wanted to see everything I used to think 'How can I die without seeing every inch of this world?'

Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act.

The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out.

You can make history, or you will be vilified by it.

Everywhere I go, somebody is staring at me. I don't know if people are staring because they recognize me or because they think I'm a weirdo.

Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.

My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go.

I'm just starting to scratch the surface of what really makes me happy and it's taken me a while to admit that acting like a little child and being a jerk and a punk is fun.

To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk your life for it, is the ultimate tragedy.

Prayer is a fellowship with a Supreme Being.

...dream BIG like a child!

If to live is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to wisdom, then to write novels is to broadcast the various stages of your foolishness.

Lovers, of course, are notoriously frantic epistemologists, second only to paranoiacs (and analysts) as readers of signs and wonders.

Forget college, forget everything else, just educate yourself, your world around you, everything around you.

They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.

Airport carpets are so much richer to both the senses and the intellect.

I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.

[People] felt good even though they didn't really know much about [Barack Obama] and may have had some doubts.

When I was young, all I wanted to be was a movie star. At a certain point, I started to grow up and really care about what I did.