"A fight is a fight. And life is a fight."

“We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.”

“Life truly is a journey, and the less baggage we carry the easier the ride.”

“One of my biggest inspirations growing up was Whitney Houston, so I was devastated to hear about her passing. I'm from East Orange, New Jersey, and started singing at New Hope Baptist Church, so she was like my fellow Jersey girl.”

“I always felt like I needed to act. Not that I wanted to act, but I needed to. And I still feel that same way. There's an expression that I get to have in acting that I can't consciously express in my life. It has always defined me and it always will.”

Source : "Dylan McDermott Interview DARK BLUE Season 2". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 2, 2010.

“History does not unfold: it piles up.”

“No one can go back, but everyone can go forward. And tommorow, when the Sun rises, all you will have to say to yourself is: I am going to think of this day as the first day of my life.”

“As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.”

“Pablo Picasso said, "Art is the lie that tells the truth," and it's not a terribly radical statement. It's always been that you can tell truth through fiction. And this idea also comes from nuclear physics.”