But I remember one thing: it wasn't me that started acting deaf, it was people that first started acting like I was too dumb to hear or see or say anything at all.

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

All I know is this: nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.

The secret of being a top-notch con man is being able to know what the mark wants, and how to make him think he's getting it.

They can't tell so much about you if you got your eyes closed.

But he won’t let the pain blot out the humor no more’n he’ll let the humor blot out the pain.

He's the sort of guy that gets a laugh out of people.

You had a choice: you could either strain and look at things that appeared in front of you in the fog, painful as it might be, or you could relax and lose yourself

It's the truth, even if it didn't happen......if they don't exist, how can a man see them?

The stars up close to the moon were pale they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled by the giant moon

I don't seem able to get it straight in my mind....

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

সহজ হওয়ার মধ্যেই আছে কালচারের পরিচয়, আড়ম্বরের মধ্যে আছে দম্ভের। সে-দম্ভ কখনও অর্থের, কখনো বিদ্যার, কখনও-বা প্রতিপত্তির।

Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.

The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea.

You manufacture beauty with your mind

I think it's a nice payback. There aren't many people that kind of give back to artists that were their inspiration. Most people think they're . . . they're very self bloated.

I always believed, right from the beginning, if you're going to do something, do it the best. If you're going to work, you want to enjoy it-make a product that you really enjoy selling or owning.

That whole world, the world of bodybuilding to me is fascinating. It's such a unique and interesting culture, and everything about it appeals to me.

Communicating a passionate response to world events is no longer limited to protests and rallies.

To move foward, you have to leave the past behind