The prospect of being able to work on a Kaufman film with him directing was just too good to be true.

I think being different, going against the grain of society is the greatest thing in the world.

Dream the impossible because dreams do come true.

In the absence of love, there is nothing worth fighting for.

Our bad memories and our bad experiences are what make us who we are and what make us grow and allow us to learn, if we choose to see the lessons in those experiences.

Quite simply it is love. It is the unconditional love that says, regardless of what you do or where you go, I will always be there for you.

I never wanted to be in a band because I love music too much to mess it up.

On a superficial level, I like girls with dark hair - I'm a sucker for that.

My God! Middle Earth does exist!

Hello! I'm Elijah Wood, and i'm a looser!

The guy is a stud with women just following him around wherever he goes. But he is the last one who'll ask anyone to do anything for him. He'd rather just go do it himself.

... I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect.

I have one problem, I don’t hate people. They disgust me and I want to get away from them. I do not have hatred. I have an escape mechanism.

Women are always being asked when they're going to have children. It's a question they're asking even more often.

Coaching takes patience. I'm more enthused when teaching players who want it versus when I have to.

A home is crucial, the foundation of a stable family.

Today, monogamy is one person at a time.

My mother's blueberry pie from scratch was amazing. I still make it today.

I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do ever - was write novels.

If it's boring, then it's tiring.

What was transformative was being at the inauguration, reading my poem, and realizing that the quest for home and identity had always been part of my work, but that I'd been home all along.