No, scratch the word "career." Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck.

Life's not black-and-white. Sometimes the ends justifies the means.

I love him wholly and unconditionally and without reservation. I love him enough to sacrifice a friendship. I love him enough to accept my own happiness and use it, in turn, to make him happy back.

But now we have time. Endless time stretches before us.

And like a favorite old movie, sometimes the sameness in a friend is what you like the most about her.

But I have learned that you make your own happiness, that part of going for what you want means losing something else. And when the stakes are high, the losses can be that much greater.

But I have learned that you can't just create your own timetable and will it to come true.

I don’t know. She was a sweet girl. As sweet as they come. I don’t know why I didn’t love her. It’s something you can’t really control.

What if two people want to be your partner, then what?

Songs and smells will bring you back to a moment in time more than anything else. It's amazing how much can be conjured with a few notes of a song or a solitary whiff of a room.

I realize thirty is just a number, that you're only as old as you feel and all that. I also realize that in the grand scheme of things, thirty is still young. But it's not that young.

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.

Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions.

Pray, always pray; when sickness wastes thy frame, Prayer brings the healing power of Jesus' name.

We came off the road of the last tour very inspired to just keep playing, so we went to Canada.

Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.

I read the whole Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. They don't take long.

I was watching 'Up In The Air' and I thought, 'Jesus, who's the old gray-haired guy?' And it was me. I never wear makeup for movies and now it's starting to show.

The sad thing is that many of us come to Christ because we are sinners, and then spend the rest of our lives trying to pretend that we are not!

I'm the dad, the cleanup guy. I deal with the bigger messes. But I also provide more adventures and excitement. It works out.

Cast changes are a hard thing. For two years, we had this little family. We weren't together when these changes were decided upon. It all happened during our hiatus.