I'm an eternal optimist with a small degree of cynicism.

Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates.

Once there was a darkness, a deep and endless night, you gave me everything you had and oh, you gave me light

I'm so tired, but I can't sleep. Standing on the edge of something much too deep.

I've heard myself referred to as a quiet superstar, and I don't quite know what that means.

I think a lot of contemplation happens in bathtubs. It does for me. Nothing like a hot bath to ease the tension and think about what's going to happen next.

We're constantly being told what other people think we are, and that's why it is so important to know yourself.

I threw bitter tears at the ocean, but all that came back was the tide.

I've learned to trust myself, to listen to truth, to not be afraid of it and to not try and hide it.

Trying to force creativity is never good.

Theres beauty everywhere. There are amazing things happening everywhere, you just have to be able to open your eyes and witness it. Some days, thats harder than others.

Only you are responsible for the development of your gift and for its brilliant after the process of its refinement

That’s part of what I like about the book in some ways. It portrays death truthfully. You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence

Write in such a way as that you can be readily understood by both the young and the old, by men as well as women, even by children.

I get way too sensitive when I get attached to someone. I can detect the slightest change in the tone of their voice, and suddenly I’m spending all day trying to figure out what I did wrong.

It's up to the actor to make sure they don't get typecast.

I have been everywhere because I don't know what I'm looking for.

Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.

Recipe for a happy marriage: My wife and I always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.

A culture is not only the language and the arts of a people. It is all their history, all their hopes for the future.

What blockheads are those wise persons, who think it necessary that a child should comprehend everything it reads.