If your present thoughts do not lift you higher than your previous ones, rid yourself of them.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

We live in blatantly corrupt times.

Do not wait until the near end of your life to realize that you have not fully live to love.

I hate to travel. I don't go anywhere.

I was an early adopter: have been on the internet continuously since late 1989, barring a six-month loss of access in the early 90s.

Drama is a complete meal, vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates. It's a slow burn thing. It's got an arc. Comedy is more like coke.

I didn't want to be alone, but I had to learn that the dimensions of my feelings are too violent. I had to learn this.

Tomorrow will be better.

Of course it was Mamma who both stopped my career and crystallized my determination to resume it.

Myspace was always a bit edgy. People identified it with edginess and music.

As an audience member and as an actor I much prefer to find ambiguity.