Every poem that I write is, in a sense, trying to find adequate words for this unspeakable word, around which my entire life turns.

The only time you should look back in life, is to see how far you have come.

Hard work and determination equals success. Nothing comes easy. Put your mind to something.

I'm not going to stop having problems.

I know how I get hard. Running on a treadmill behind women in a gym normally does it for me.

When I was in my early 20s I converted to Catholicism after a long period of searching. What I think drew me to the Catholic church is that in Catholicism, prayer suffuses all of one's life by virtue of the sacraments. Prayer is not something which occurs just on Sunday, it doesn't occur only at particular moments of intensity or by particular conventions, one's whole life is given up to prayer in many, many modes. And so everything to do with the faith is trying to put you in relationship with God and trying to make that relationship grow deeper and more mature.

When I got into the business of entertainment, I did it for a reason. I didn't do it to not be successful. I did it to be successful. And to hopefully get to the highest level that I possibly could. Thus far, I'm achieving those goals. That doesn't make you stop. That doesn't make you complacent. It makes you want to do more.