When I am dead and buried, on my tombstone I would like to have it written, "I have arrived." Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead.

Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead.

Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.

I am just a nice, clean-cut Mongolian boy.

I have been offered a lot for my work, but never everything.

When I am dead and buried, on my tombstone I would like to have it written, "I have arrived." Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead.

Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.

When I am dead and buried, on my tombstone I would like to have it written, 'I have arrived.' Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead.

We are born alone we live alone we die alone. Everything in between is a gift.

Girls have an unfair advantage over men if they cant get what they want by being smart they can get it by being dumb.

With a good melody... music gets me through everything.

There is really no right and wrong. I recognize no right and wrong.

It was difficult to find my way into 'I Am Abraham,' to feel confident enough to inhabit Lincoln's persona. I began with a prologue in a neutral voice, wrote of Lincoln at the White House with a sly young reporter quizzing him about his humble origins.

Photography is a demanding action sport. The light can change so quickly. I often find myself sprinting so that I can catch the perfect light falling on a photogenic subject.

There is something about street dogs, about rescues; they have this knowing sense about them.

One of the best parts of growing older? You can flirt all you like since you've become harmless.

I definitely look up to Meryl Streep because she's been in so many amazing movies, and I just think that she's one of the greatest actresses out there. I also look up to Jennifer Lawrence, especially knowing her and knowing that she is so awesome and so nice.

If you see me on Friday, you’ll see different material on Saturday night.

Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.

I've found that musical theater is my passion.

Appear as you are, be as you appear.

It's up to history to judge.

I am loved for who I am.

I built my church on Easter services, Christmas Eve services, and Norman Vincent Peale.

Blind chance sweeps the world along.

My biggest competitor? Myself, mentally.

I never knew any painter worthy of the name who paid the smallest attention to what a critic says, even in conversation.

I'm a firm believer in doing things that scare you.

Working conditions for me have always been those of the monastic life: solitude and frugality. Except for frugality, they are contrary to my nature, so much so that work is a violence I do to myself.

I usually get down with a little Violent Femmes in the summer. You know, 'Blister In The Sun.'

In my research, what I found most interesting was how common and ordinary magic was to people in the past.

It is sensible to have a safeguard against unemployment.

Every community needs a rec center.

'Drama' was put together quickly; there were a lot of intense, 16-hour days. Despite the pressure, it was a lot of fun, and the end result was an album I'm very proud of.