"A teenager usually wants to try to get people to notice him in some way, to feel like someone gives a damn. Me, all that attention, I just wanted to fade into the background. Be invisible. Disappear."

"It's not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me."

"I only sound intelligent when there's a good script writer around."

"I put on weight like Santa Claus. I just get this belly that kind of extends out."

"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible."

"Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason."

"As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society's most vulnerable."

"I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it."