Cynicism can be funny. But it's the easy way. You'll forget to enjoy anything. I try to make the evolving choice, the forward-moving, life-giving choice. Just keep living, man.

If happiness is what you’re after, then you are going to be let down frequently and be unhappy much of your time. Joy, though, is something else. It’s not a choice, not a response to some result, it is a constant. Joy is “the feeling we have from doing what we are fashioned to do,” no matter the outcome.

A drunk doesn't try to stand up; a drunk tries not to fall down.

You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now.

I think I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me.

I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I'm trying to pull out of the ground that doesn't want to come out? I know I'll win.

My rule is to break one sweat a day.