I mean, MTV or the mainstream media can tell you one thing, but when there are 40,000 people in front of you, who cares about all that?
Saying 'yes' to one thing means saying 'no' to another. That's why decisions can be hard sometimes.
Mitt Romney saying that Barack Obama gets an F is one of the most ridiculous things that he has said in this race.
One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reader to read.
One of the things I regret is that magazines now are so lifestyle-orientated that the opportunity to do bigger projects is gone. This is a serious misjudgment on the part of magazine editors.
I like PETA as a group for many reasons, but one of the reasons that I admire them is that they say and do the things that other groups won't do.
One of the things about writing fiction is that you create people that you feel, more or less, as though you know.
The thing about hearing loss is that no one can see it. Most people are so impatient; they just assume that the person with hearing loss is being rude, or slow-witted.
One thing you might want to learn before you attend the world's largest ukulele lesson is how to say ukulele.
One of the things you learn being in the public eye is that you have the ability to raise awareness about serious issues, and, in the process, really help people.
The way of the miracle-worker is to see all human behavior as one two things: either love, or a call for love.
A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
Sometimes I go through a yoga phase or a spinning phase, but I try to vary my workouts so my body doesn't get used to any one thing.
In this world, one thing you should definitely strive for is originality. Just be who you are, and be your own person. That's what will make you stand out.
That's the trouble with good writers. Only the bad ones make you want to do the human thing and look away.
I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.
Polanski's 'Chinatown' is a film that I have purposefully and consciously imitated, but 'Vertigo' is one that has got into my bloodstream. Every time I reappraise things that I've done, the influence is there, time and time again.
One of the things that strikes me is so many of the critics are people whose lifestyle doesn't change when the price of fuel changes, or if they keep a Wal-Mart store out of their area.
It's the same thing that drives people to want to experience sexual pleasure or have one too many drinks. We all want to experience the other, and to get out of our daily existence.
I feel like one of the things that is central to American life is the religious experience, and I think that the experience of being Muslim in America is as valid and as important a perspective on the religious experience of America as evangelical Ch...
I think one of the things that was a huge surprise to everyone with 'Silence of the Lambs' was that that was an Oscar-winning horror movie. It struck such a nerve with audiences that it was a very particular, special experience.
