I'm not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.

The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It's not so easily tamed or subdued.

Once Everton has touched you, nothing will be the same.

It's a lot harder to find fault with the mundane details of daily existence when you really, really know on a cellular level that you're going to go, and that this moment, right now, is life. Life isn't what happens to you in 20 years. This moment, right now, is your life.

I'm aware of 'Twilight,' but I've never seen the movies or read any of the books. Frankly, the story leaves me cold - why do a vampire story about abstinence?

I guess in America we're so sold on this ideal of the perfect, well-adjusted family that is able to confront any conflict and, with true love and understanding, work things through. I'm sure they do exist, but I never knew any of them.

You know, I'm gay and I grew up being aware of that at a very early age, in a fairly repressed family.