I'm a middle-aged dad, which means I have no social time or life to speak of, and so I connect with my buddies with my Xbox.

As a parent, I want my kids to have an optimistic outlook, and one that has hope, and that makes sense, where good does triumph over evil and it's not cynical, and it's not snarky.

You've got to connect with the things that you love.

My past lives alone. That's why my loneliness wants to live in the past

I know that mirrors give us a false sense of confidence.” I continued. “The reflection that we see everyday has nothing to do with how others see us. The glass lies.

When you love someone, you're willing to give up damn near anything for them to be happy.

Sleep is the multiplier of energy.

Always be YOU – Those who appreciate the real YOU will be blessed and those who do not, do not deserve to know YOU.

Graduation Speech: You'll have to excuse me if I cry. I've been a little teary-eyed all week the sadness the joy . . . the fact that I'm off my parents' payroll.

I look at the human life like an experiment. Every new moment, every new experience, tragic or otherwise, is an opportunity to gain a more accurate perspective and helps lead me to clarity.

I don't have to agree with everything you say, but I should attempt at least to understand it, for the opposite of mutual understanding is, quite simply, war.

Forget yesterday, live for today. Tomorrow will take care of itself.

Someone in Ireland asked me how many Republican poets there were in the U.S., and I thought maybe two. Maybe there are 10,000 poets, and maybe there are two Republicans among them.