A good show makes me happy. It's a great sensation. If you could capture a great atmosphere and do it every time, that would be amazing.

I'm a sucker for turquoise sea, white beaches and palm trees. I've been to the tropics every year since I could afford it. It's the perfect place to unwind. I can chill out, read, do a bit of yoga.

When people feel threatened by you, they find something that is belittling.

My parents wanted me to work in a bank or as an accountant.

When people speak their own language you get a much better sense of who they are.

When it came to the stylish and graceful art of ballroom dancing, my dad was a king of the clubs, a prowling tiger and a wonderfully natural mover.

I started dancing before I could talk. Other babies learn to stand and then walk - I just danced.

I'm not romantic at all. I'm a moaner. I should be on Grumpy Old Men. I'm terrible.

It's horrible how money and fame can make you acceptable while, if you're not famous or rich, you're not acceptable.

I think a lot of people have a vision of L.A. in which TV executives and movie directors plan their latest productions by the swimming pool.

I like to read about subjects unrelated to my work, especially history.

there really is a place where kisses taste like apple pie and where stars spill like sugar across the sky.

Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Psychosclerosis: the hardening of the attitude which causes a person to cease dreaming, seeing, thinking, and leading.

If we never flattered ourselves we should have but scant pleasure.

Hope you're pleased with the crumbs she throws you.

The self does not realize itself most fully when self-realization is its most constant aim.

It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair.

To be alive is to be breathing.

One of the author's most ancient roles is to call the community to account for its hypocrisies and bad faith.