With every enemy, when you get closer you understand much more, or the picture dissolves.

A family is something very static and hard to escape, so everybody has a certain role over the years, no matter if you like it or not.

Father-daughter has a lot of layers, I find.

My nature is to be linear, and when I'm not, I feel really proud of myself.

I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight.

[T]he cradle is shallower than the grave.

Some days seem to fit together like a stained glass window. A hundred little pieces of different color and mood that, when combined, create a complete picture.

As long as it's not an easy, outdated stereotype and it comes from an interesting or emotionally driven place, then anyone can be made fun of.

What constitutes the authentic human being?

Taking one step, doing one thing every day that will get you closer to your own financial dream.

Let us go forth, the tellers of tales, and seize whatever prey the heart long for, and have no fear. Everything exists, everything is true, and the earth is only a little dust under our feet.

I very seldom compose anything in my head which later finds its way into text, except character names sometimes - I'm often very much inspired by things that I misunderstand.

I would not be the mere President of a Party. I feel bound to administer the government untrammeled by party schemes.