"My exit is the result of too many entrees."

“I didn't really know Kurt that well, but there was a guy I always admired. We didn't spend much time together, but the few times we did spend together, you know, were times I'll always remember. You know, he was a really sweet guy, and a really genuine soul, you know, and an incredibly talented artist.”

“It is an oversimplification to say that the opposite of irony is oversimplification.”

“In cathedral or cottage, the art of worship is an inner adventure; it is the personal practice of the presence of God.”

“After twenty years and thirty stories, thirteen pieces were finally selected and the collection was born. So far, the blurbs from [authors] Maxine Hong Kingston, Gish Jen, Robert Olen Butler, Oscar Hijuelos and others, have been most encouraging.”

Source : "‘Birds of Paradise Lost’: A Conversation With Author Andrew Lam". Interview with Anna Challet, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 5, 2013.

“That scene in 'The Purge' where my kids, Mary's kids, are in danger was really crazy for me, because I suddenly I have my methods as an actor, so I went to the place of 'If somebody came near my children, with bad intent?'”

“Change and everything will change for you.”

“The Intentionality of the mind not only creates the possibility of meaning, but limits its forms.”

Source : "Intentionality: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind". Book by John Searle, 1983.

“All I asked was, where do I sign? Some of the other navy men said I was rooting for the war to last forever. (after Browns gave him a monthly stipend during the war)”