I still wrestle with the catharsis of acting. I don't end up playing a lot of likable characters, so I find myself living in a lot of unlikable skin. As a result of that I don't always feel good.

Animals are a continuous source of inspiration and wonder to me. I would love to play a dog.

A lot of my world-view is formed by the places Ive been.

Anyone who lives like a modern aristocracy, the last thing they exhibit is a sense of gratitude. Me, Im very fortunate.

In my twenties, I was a huge, insane risk-taker.

I think all art - if it's good - is a result of really trying to create something that you can't put into words. Where language ends is where good art begins.

That's where the most beautiful art is always created, when you have someone not worried about what the outcome is.

I'm such a hater, and will hate on anything.

True evil is unlikely to receive an invitation from us, so it clothes itself in just enough truth to make itself look appealing and then it looks to unpeel us.

And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift and a privilege, not a right.

Frustration is the wet nurse of violence.

Some of my friends like to keep science and religion together, but I certainly like to keep them separate.

I will decide who is a Jew!

The prophetic spirit is transferable and can be imparted.

My own journey started long before I left, and was over before I returned.

Boredom is why God invented books.

It is okay for people you love to leave. For them to come and go. She taught it to me over and over.

Abandonment doesn't have the sharp but dissipating sting of a slap. It's like a punch to the gut, bruising your skin and driving the precious air from your body.