“I don’t really worry about the size of the part much any more.”

When your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn’t leave until they’re 20.

Remarkably, according to what they told me, nearly every inmate in the prison didn’t do it.

If I can’t get the girl, at least give me more money.

There’s plenty of money to be had. But you also lose your soul.

What then are doing if not creating a better place together? I think, for me the key has to be, what do I want to create? What is it I want to leave behind?

As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what’s personal to you. You have to be personal about your work; otherwise, it doesn’t ring true.

It tends to break out at unexpected times like a rare virus and mostly people with compassion and understanding are susceptible to it.

I’m an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger.

Be brave enough to live creatively.

Everyone opens up to one another right away. That’s a terrific thing. I love that about actors. They know how personal this job is.

The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart.

For humans, flying isn’t magic, it’s physics.

We’re highly social animals – I’m told by scientists that what makes us different from other animals is an acute social awareness, which is what has made us so successful.

What works for me is working out when it’s useful to use that anger.

They’re supposed to be gigantic explosions and they’re just these insignificant little dots. If you step back from things far enough you realize how important and powerful you are.

Insanity is just a state of mind.

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.

I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods.

I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.

In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to repeat himself, not because he has little to say, but because he wants applause and the old stuff gets it.

I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.

Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is also warfare, for it is one of the weapons in fighting the enemy. However, only prayer in the spirit is genuinely effectual.

In high school, there are so many cliques. You’re never safe.