Out of everything - out of the money and the gift bags - the most important thing to me is just my mother and father being happy.

Give yourself room to make mistakes because you're human. We've got to make mistakes, and allow ourselves to make those mistakes.

There's not that many surprises that you get in life.

Be patient. Always be kind. Stand in the middle of the river. Be prepared. It [success] will all come. Don't be in such a rush.

Anything that's really grounded in humanity and is real, but just happens to be faux pas, or just really shouldn't be funny, I like it.

Most actors love to get to the point where they're not auditioning.

Ignore your haters. Resist your fears. Embrace your dreams.

I've always had a fascination with cars and racing, not that I've ever competed.

Acting is a different discipline. On stage I'm free to say what I please. But the change is very good for ya.

When I started publishing, I got offers to write for big magazines. But I would always say, "Well, it's not that I don't want to write for these big magazines, but you can't edit it."

A species divided against itself will eventually fall.

The white horse and the black one wheeled like lovers at a harvest dance, the riders throwing steel in place of kisses.

We must seek, in studying God, to be led to God.

Shakespeare's stories are still very strong. He structured fantastic stories about things that were fundamental to the human being and psyche.

Solitude is not a way of running away from life ... from our feelings. On the contrary. This is the time we sort them out, air them, get over them, and go on without the burden of yesterday.

Observe people with cool eyes, listen to their words with cool ears. Confront feelings with cool emotions, reflect on principles with a cool mind.