Just because people want to eat the burger doesn't mean they want to meet the cow.

What's "God"? Well, you know, when you want something really bad and you close your eyes and you wish for it? God's the guy that ignores you.

Do you think god stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created here on earth?

Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors.

I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City, so I made him from New York.

Really interesting things come because you don't know what the rules are, what you can and can't do.

I can't relate to 99% of humanity.

I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that.

Every day's an adventure when I step out of my door. That's why I usually wear a hat and keep my head low.

I don't tend to think of the characters i play as losers. I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way.

My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.

Grace comes from God.

First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success.

I no longer hear the faint sound of my heart beat. Then I hear the sound of my fathers voice saying, come, be silent with me!

Love is pointless. It’s the same sad sad story of with the same inevitable ending of miserable deterioration.

Christ is never fully valued, until sin is clearly seen.

I know it's dangerous to take on bloggers. They can go after you every day, all day long, and anonymous people can chime in, too.

What is more agreeable than one's home?

Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.

People generally let me be me. People are aware that I'm not someone particularly begging for attention. They hold back a bit with me.

The way that you become world-class is... by asking good questions.