Once a Catholic always a Catholic.

Once a Catholic always a Catholic.

I opened the large central window of my office room to its full on the fine early May morning. Then I stood for a few moments, breathing in the soft, warm air that was charged with the scent of white lilacs below.

I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common.

The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they've been at other times.

The impulse to write a novel comes from a momentary unified vision of life.

I think that the reason for my success is that I am really not aspirational. I am inspirational in that the people at home feel like they can really relate to me.

Art depends on luck and talent.

No matter how much light I carry within me, there will always be times of feeling lost, being confused, seeking direction. It is the way of the human heart.

I have a positive energy except when I'm depressed mad or hungry.

I tell you, I feel like a real novice as far as horror goes.

Recreation is intended to the mind as whetting is to the scythe to sharpen the edge of it which otherwise would grow dull and blunt as good no scythe as no edge.

Between the ages of six and nine, my palette was taking shape as well as my identity as a chef. It was then that I learned the difference between salty, sweet, sour and even spicy.

It would be easy to say that I want to play a role that was very much like myself, but more or less with acting, you get to be all these different things, and you aren't trying to be yourself, so it's escapism in a way.

We need to assure that we are nurturing our children and meeting their every need in this violent world.

Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect.

We are living through a remarkably privileged era, when certain deep truths about the cosmos are still within reach of the human spirit of exploration.

Customer service, they say, is dead. Actually, it isn't. It's just hiding behind a call center in Manila.

I have a very close relationship with my mom, and I'm able to talk to her about anything.

The San Fernando Valley has plenty of manufacturing zones, especially in the 29th Congressional District.

Sometimes the process of growth looks a lot like destruction and pain. But you'll realize with time that you're not breaking; you're healing.

It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.

If you have a dream, don't just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.

I think there are too many people in jail for too long and for not necessarily good reasons.

The dominant mood of contemporary American culture is the self celebration of the peasantry.

Younger people have greatest fears. Why is that? Because they don't know the plot. They don't know their own individual plot... they don't know what's going to happen to them.

Nature, reason, and Christianity recognize no other. Pride may say Nay; but Pride was always a liar, and a great hater of the truth.

I have priorities. Maintaining my daughter is my first.

I might retire when acting becomes too hard on me physically, but I don't want to give up easily. I really want to have a long-term acting career.

The story behind 'Check Point' is what drew me in. The script had a couple of twists that I really did not see coming... To get out there and raise people's awareness, I think there's a big responsibility in that.