I think a commission set up to examine slavery and the consequences of it, would probably be a very fruitful, important dialogue for the United States to be involved in.

These are challenging times for all Americans. We face the specter of war abroad and a steady stream of bad economic news at home.

I have to say that it's very few countries that are willing to look back at its past and apologize for its act, or make amends for its act, as the United States had one.

I was never given a trial. I never went before any magistrate, nor did my parents. To this day, I do not know what the charges that were lodged against me or my deceased parents at this time.

Meeting a vampire is kind of like a celebrity sighting, but where the celebrity possibly wants to kill you.

There's nothing in life you can't accomplish, it's yours to have to be accomplished!

They didn't just live with secrets. Secrecy surrounded their entire lives.

When I look at her, it's like when I was in seventh grade and fell in love for the first time, where it's debilitating. That's available 24/7 if I want, which is amazing.

I don’t predict a nonexisting future.

[My kids] don't need to cook to keep me happy. It's my job as dad to create opportunities so that they can find their passion. Forget about money, find what you really want to do with your life.

For it is my opinion that we enclose and celebrate the freaks of our nation and our civilization. Yellowstone National Park is no more representative of America than is Disneyland.

I mean I'm talking about playing games, about imagining other people, and it's part of the way that it helps you actually see the world.

Baseball isn't a business; it's more like a disease.

Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely.