I usually head up to the mountains or out into the desert. Somewhere nobody is. There I can dig deep and find the core that got me where I am today. It's sort of like my reset button.

I've always been drawn to stories and characters facing some sort of struggle against forces beyond our control, be it love, loss, betrayal.

I'm pretty cerebral, so I can occasionally rationalize emotional pain away, but when I can't, that's when I start to feel the fire inside take over and somehow manage to power through.

Although it may seem like it, life will never give you more than you can handle. That doesn't mean it's going to be easy; in fact, quite the opposite.

Life is going to test you. But no matter how bad it may seem, we can always step up and beat it.

Have faith in yourself.

Whether you're a vampire or werewolf, love is still love. Betrayal is still betrayal.

I'm not afraid of scars, be them emotional or otherwise. I think it builds character, and if it doesn't destroy you, I truly believe it makes us stronger.

It doesn't matter what it is, it doesn't matter if you have training or a background in it. Just create something, and lend a piece of yourself to that art.

Be brave enough to create.

It's much easier to put yourself out there under the guise of a character. You get a different name, different habits, different words. When I have to just be Nathan, that's when I feel vulnerable.

Our task and challenge as human beings is to appreciate, in the same instant, both the infinite significance and absolute insignificance of life.

Contained within the breadth of my heart where you belong unto me and I unto you.

It was one thing to use computers as a tool, quite another to let them do your thinking for you.

That's not a good idea.

There was this funny thing of anything could happen now that we realized everything had.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

Midway in our life's journey, I went astray from the straight road and woke to find myself alone in a dark wood.

I want to sing more in Spanish. I want to sing the songs of Granados; the songs of Montsalvatge. To do things that truly I've not done before.

The peoples of the earth are one family.

I'm not people, I only eat them.