"I let people know that it was all right to do the kinds of things I did."

“Someday was the thing he had, because it was a lot harder to ruin than today.”

“I think it is really important to be in some way provocative -- either intellectually or viscerally -- in the films one makes.”

“On the way I thought about how millions of people drowned so that the first person could learn to swim. The amazing thing is that people still drown.”

“Shutting one's eyes is an art, my dear. I suppose there's no use trying to make you see that - but that's the only way one can stay married.”

Source : Zoë Akins (1923). “Déclassée: Daddy's gone a-hunting; and Greatness - a comedy ...”

“I can safely say that I had an incredibly difficult and trying past growing up and trying to be an artist and standing up as who I am in this world.”

Source : "Matt Bomer Tells the Personal Story Behind His Heartbreaking ‘Normal Heart’ Performance". Interview with Kevin Fallon, www.thedailybeast.com. May 21, 2014.

“The present moment is all you ever have.”

“You know, if you're lucky enough to have two smash hit shows, the traffic of the world goes through your dressing room.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“I know that I have done many things to give you reason not to listen to me”