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“My father played in high school. My uncles played. From age five or six, I remember watching all the games. And I remember saying to my mom and dad even then that I was going to play in the NFL, and buy them a house and a car.”
Source : Source: www.menshealth.com
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“Craft is part of the creative process.”
Source : klassiknet interview, www.culturekiosque.com. 
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“I like cooking - I make a good stir-fry and the family likes it when I make stewed chicken and macaroni and cheese.”
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“At every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss.”
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“I used to listen to my dad a lot as a way of trying to be close to him, as well, because my parents were divorced and I didnt spend that much time with him. And I used to put headphones on and listen to my dad talk and sing and I found that quite... bonding with him, in a weird way.”
Source : "Morning Becomes Eclectic" with Chris Douridas, www.kcrw.com. April 4, 2011.
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“Nothing truly wild is unclean.”
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“I can't tell you how many times I've had conversations with politicians who've done something morally reprehensible but not indictable, yet still think they should be able to stay in office. The office isn't a 'right.' It's a kind of loan.”
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“I kissed him, trying to bring him back. I kissed him and let my lips rest against his so that our breath mingled and the tears from my eyes became salt on his skin, and I told myself that, somewhere, tiny particles of him would become tiny particles of me, ingested, swallowed, alive, perpetual. I wanted to press every bit of me against him. I wanted to will something into him. I wanted to give him every bit of life I felt and force him to live.”
