Safe, I decided, didn't leave much room for fun.

Getting lost is just another way of saying 'going exploring.

What would it be like to look in the mirror and actually accept what you see? Not loathe the reflection, or despise it, or be resigned to it? But to like it?

When the creative impulse sweeps over you, grab it. You grab it and honor it and use it, because momentum is a rare gift.

To dream is to starve doubt, feed hope.

Flawed, we're truly interesting, truly memorable, and yes, truly beautiful.

Hey, if it's a good philosophy, it works. Death is imminent. Live every day like it's your last.

My confidence was of the hothouse variety, carefully cultivated under highly regulated conditions. One wrong look, one mean comment, and my facade would wither.

Silence, too, can be torture.

I wondered about her chicken-and-egg relationship with Dad. Which came first? Her helplessness or his controlling?

Jacob: "Let her stare."Terra: "What?"Jacob: "Yeah most of the starers are just curious. Smile back. That's what I used to do.

Parent greatest gift to their children is their bond of love.

Love shouldn’t require Windex to be clear. It either is or it isn’t.

It is a foolish judge who, before the evidence is presented, makes a judgement.

'Alien' is one of my all-time favorite horror films - that has a great monster.

Psychology is as useless as directions for using poison.

Good-fellowship, unflagging, is the prime requisite for success in our society, and the man or woman who smiles only for reasons of humor or pleasure is a deviate.

We're divorced from my father because he did some mean and scary things to us.

It's kind of glorious to say, "Oh man, this guy had his career cut short." I'm not calling myself Sandy Koufax by any means. I'm not in that caliber at all, but sometimes it has to end different.

You can take art, you can have a baby, you can have a career.

Man, I'm a conspiracy theorist by nature. You can't experience the federal penal system and not be somewhat skeptical.