"If you're going to go through hell... I suggest you come back learning something."

"Great dad. Yeah, he would ask me for money on birthdays and, you know, inappropriate times. And I just wrote him off like, 'You're not a father.' I just learned you cannot emotionally invest in people who are not attainable."

"I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I was working, my friends were all adults. I had a tough time going to different schools because people knew me from films and I was the fat child who got beaten up every day."

"At 35, I'm definitely starting to feel more like a grown-up than I ever have. There's nothing in my life that is childish or whimsical. Having fun is fantastic and I never want to lose a sense of that - and also, I think, you have to have that to put into your work or else it's going to feel stiff."

"The simplest truths often reveal that a grateful heart is a magnet for miracles."

"A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair."

"Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good."

"It is a unyielding truth that a visionary sees the unseen possibilities in the heart of common struggles — an essential principle for the reflective life."