I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.

A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.

I guess that's what I was: a set of abs. And they lit the abs and shot the abs and sent the abs on their way. The photographer didn't look at my face once. I was humiliated.

I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward.

My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.

I began to believe the fairy tales: You know, how we're all out there looking for our magical missing half.

I spent two weeks prancing around a studio in Queens in my underwear with nine other guys. They were long days. But what the hell, it was Calvin Klein.

I'd gone to Manhattan to become a model.

It struck me that what I'd heard about certain celebrities was true: they had It, whatever the hell It was. Star power isn't a myth; it is tangible and forceful.

I wasn't even 20 at the time, but it taught me something about drugs. They can take a good man, a warm, funny, loving family man, and turn him into a loser and worse.

I'd been around women who put me down, made me feel bad, or said things to fuel my insecurity.

Stairway to Hell or Yellow Brick Road? Why don't you give your Magic 8 Ball a shake and see if it's ready to play again.

I could feel myself begin to recede, to tip and lose balance, slide toward the deeper darkness that had crept from outside

Jesus poured out his soul in life before he poured it out unto death

I'll be wearing my high heels, even if I'm up to my knees in mud

The highest genius never flowers in satire, but culminates in sympathy with that which is best in human nature, and appeals to it.

You can't really compare hells. But I suppose the hell of being strung out on another person's addictive behavior is its own special thing.

Writing is self employment, so you can make your own schedule.

Nature is your friend; it helps you to win. Your enemy will have unnatural movement, therefore you will be able to know what he is going to do before he does it.

Money in politics is a huge issue.

I make my decisions and my judgments not based on what a prime minister of another country says, but based on what my principles tell me... how may DNA guides me.