I used to ask for an easy life, now I ask to be strong.

The dead are never far from us. They're in our hearts and on our minds and in the end all that separates us from them is a single breath, one final puff of air.

I was a sinner. I knew that without a doubt. But I was not alone. And the night was the accomplice of us all.

It seemed that the good people were always cleaning up the messes.

Fishing, Danny boy, is purely a state of mind. Some men, when they are fishing, are after fish. Me, I'm after things you could never set a barbed hook in.

What life gives us, good or bad, we seldom deserve.

The miracle is this: that you will rise in the morning and be able to see again the startling beauty of the day.

And what is happiness, Nathan? In my experience, it's only a moment's pause here and there on what is otherwise a long and difficult road. No one can be happy all the time.

You stopped looking for the truth...I'd guess that's a sin we've all been guilty of.

It was best to believe in all possibilities...there were more mysteries in the world than a man could ever hope to understand.

We know dates and times and locations and participants but accounts of what happened depend upon the perspective from which the event is viewed.

The achievement of the goal is only a stepping-stone to the next, bigger and better goal. It never stops.

Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.

I haven't been very active in politics.

She still cared for me, and the best way I could make amends to her was to be happy. I do have a knack for finding great women.

I don't care if you broke, you grew up broke... you grew up rich. You only get 24hrs in a day! We all only get 24 hours in a day. It's what we do with it that makes the difference!

The eyes are the windows of your soul, and when you're acting, they're one of your most important instruments. Especially for close-ups!

I was a fine arts major in college, and a painter for many years. And I found that, like writing, art is very similar.

It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to do whatever I want.

Whom God has put asunder, why should man put together?

For me, songwriting is something that I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for inspiration; I try to write a little bit every day.