I consider myself a natural optimist. I like the dark side of things.

I give thanks everyday that I've been able to take my craziness and make it work for me.

Remember that life is short and death is long.

The artist has to transcend a subject, or he loses the battle. The subject wins.

There's something romantic about it, of course, in the way only other people's lives can be.

Don't ever give up. Believe in yourself or no one else will. My personal saying is: 'I'd rather die knowing that I tried to do what I love.'

For so many years, for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men. But here," he said, so softly I could barely hear him, "here in the dark, with you… I have no name.

In comedy, beware the split focus. The audience should focus on the face of the actor. The audience must see the setup. If there is action elsewhere on the stage, the comic line can be lost.

But that's the hardest part of healing.' What?' Realizing there's no one to hate.

We do not need an atomic bomb. The Iranian nation is wise. It won't build two atomic bombs while you have 20,000 warheads.

I began thinking about my skeleton, this solid, beautiful thing inside me that I would never see.

All men, well interrogated, answer well.

Courage, enthusiasm, awareness -- if only one can keep these to the end.