I couldn't get to sleep at night without saying the Lord's Prayer because, when I was young, I felt I was touched by the hand of Jesus, and hated myself for challenging it.

You must not hate those who do harmful things. The compassionate thing is to do what you can to stop them--for they are harming themselves as well as those who suffer from their actions.

The universe is seeming really huge right now. I need something to hold on to.

For the greater good":the phrase that always precedesthe greatest evil.

I like solitary pursuits, such as reading or pottering about in the garden.

People of too much sentiment are like fountains, whose overflow keeps a disagreeable puddle about them.

You can't run a society or cope with its problems if people are not held accountable for what they do.

The American people, or at least the ones that I get on the subway with - they know there's a real threat out there. They felt like Iraq lessened our ability to fight that threat.

Ive got a ton of stories about Chuck Knox, ... Over the course of my playing career, there was nobody that I learned to respect and appreciate more than I did Chuck Knox.

I always tell actors, "Don't think of it as unemployment when you don't have a job. You have to think of it as being in preparation for your next job." You have to be always preparing for success.

I 'gin to be aweary of the sun, And wish th' estate o' th' world were now undone.