So I’m thinking this is the part of my movie where things appear as if nothing is going to work out. I have to remind myself that all movie characters go through this sort of dark period before they find their happy ending.

I don't want to stay in the bad place, where no one believes in silver linings or love or happy endings.

Life is hard, and children have to be told how hard life can be…So they will be sympathetic to others. So they will understand that some people have it harder than they do and that a trip through this world can be a wildly different experience, depending on what chemicals are raging through one’s mind.

Let me tell ya. You gotta pay attention to signs. When life reaches out with a moment like this it's a sin if you don't reach back... I'm telling you.

You can lose yourself in repetition—quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age.

It hurts to look at the clouds, but it also helps, like most things that cause pain.

Haven't you ever noticed that life is like a series of movies?