...you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it.

You will have found Christ when you are concerned with other people’s sufferings and not your own.

You shall know the truth, and it will make you odd.

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

Right now the whole world seems to be going through a dark night of the soul.

Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one.

What people don’t realize is how much religion costs. They think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross.

[To] know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth, and not the other way around. The first product of self-knowledge is humility . . .

It is the business of the artist to uncover the strangeness of truth

I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.

I use the grotesque the way I do because people are deaf and dumb and need help to see and hear.

I finished the [blog] post reflecting on the fact that, despite all the changes in my life, maybe I wasn't so different after all. If I typed it, maybe I could believe it, too.

There are two kinds of fools: one says 'This is old therefore it is good' the other says 'This is new therefore it is better.'

I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.

Oh, I'm a martyr to music.

We are not evolved really very well to be able to understand or to be able to work with and grapple with technologies that we have.

I'm totally comfortable today with the success that Omar and 'The Wire' have brought me - living with that character, being recognized and remembered for that character.

I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.

I don't like movies about serial killers, necessarily; it's too real and unpleasant for me.

I don't want to age myself.

The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.