All I've done all my life is disobey.

When you reach the top, you should remember to send the elevator back down for the others.

I was hungry. I was cold. But I was also free. Free not to get up in the morning, not to go to bed at night, free to get drunk if I liked, to dream... to hope.

As far as I'm concerned, love means fighting, big fat lies, and a couple of slaps across the face.

When he takes me in his arms, and speaks to me softly, I see the world through rose-colored glasses.

Use your faults, use your defects; then you're going to be a star.

I want to make people cry even when they don't understand my words.

Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws.

My conservatory is in the streets. My intelligence is instinct.

Performers and their public should never meet. Once the curtain comes down, the performer should fly away like a magician's dove.

If God has allowed me to earn so much money, it is because He knows I give it all away.

You don't know what it is to stay a whole day with your head in your hands trying to squeeze your unfortunate brain so as to find a word.

If we had 3 million exhibitionists and only one voyeur, nobody could make any money.

Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.

True ownership of anything requires time.

By precipitating change, you'll create value. Those that do this best will win.

Spend eighty percent of your time focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow rather than the problems of yesterday.

For these are all our children, we will all profit by or pay for whatthey become.

We must lead in a different way... We must have an active president, who gives strong direction and works with the government for its implementation.

What makes for the good society is a sound economy. Without it, all the rest falls apart.

Some people are very lucky, and have the story in their heads. I've never storyboarded anything. I like the idea of chance. What makes God laugh is people who make plans.