"There are some good people. But a good chunk of them will lie for no reason at all - it'll be ten o'clock and they'll tell you it's nine. You're looking at the clock and you can't even fathom why they're lying. They just lie because that's what they do."

"Most movies, once the action starts there's no more characters. You say a couple of dumb lines and then there's just explosions until the end."

"It's like those high-school yearbook photos that everyone would rather not see: Oh my God, look at that mullet hair. I have those photos too, but for me, they're, like, entire movies. And they show them on cable."

"Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?"

"The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it."

"I grew up acutely aware of the exile and distance caused by war."

"I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious."

"Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace."