Math anxiety: an intense lifelong fear of two trains approaching each other at speeds of 60 and 80 MPH.

Cynic: an idealist whose rose-colored glasses have been removed, snapped in two and stomped into the ground, immediately improving his vision

REVOLUTIONARY: An oppressed person waiting for the opportunity to become an oppressor.

Communism: Liberation of the people from the burdens of liberty

CHILDHOOD: The rapidly shrinking interval between infancy and first arrest on a drug or weapons charge.

The world belongs to people with IQs of 120. Anything much greater or less amounts to a liability.

We're still just the world's premium brand of ape.

Most people perceive moderates as timid, middle-of-the-roaders, who can't take a stand.

She was dreaming. It was dark. Her eyes didn't get used to it

Wise people listen to your words. Learned people listen to their interpretation of your words.

Aloneness exaggerates our emotions and sensitivity.

In solitude every fear, every longing, becomes exaggerated.

To me, flowers are happiness.

I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast.

While I filmed the 'Walker, Texas Ranger' series for eight and a half years, I had never had much time to read, except for screenplays of the episodes.

What I dream of is an art of balance.

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

"In the woods we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life~~no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair."