When I was young, and I'd get A's, I'd get this good feeling of all the things that I could be. And then I'd never became any of them.

For me and my storytelling and the way that I embrace stories in the way that I embrace characters, I desperately needed to know that everything was okay.

I love living. I think that's infectious, it's something you can't fake.

There's a certain delusional quality that all successful people have to have.

If you look at somebody like 50 Cent, ain't nobody telling 50 what to do and how to do what he does. He has a vision of who he wants to be, and he instructs everybody along those lines.

Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.

The greatest dreams are always unrealistic.