I read the New Testament, specifically the gospels and I was struck at their divinity, feeling that humans could not have figured this out on their own. We're just not bright enough.

The good thing about working alone is I get a lot done and I can experiment more. The bad thing is I miss out on the gregarious, social way that most musicians work.

One simple word: ugh. Is something still considered a conspiracy if it's played out right under our noses?

My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals

I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer.

The good thing about not being drop-dead gorgeous is that as time passes, I don't have much to worry about. I have friends who are actors and every day they look in the mirror with trepidation.

Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'?

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.

Ignorance is the parent of fear.

Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.

I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance.

How can you not love reading? It's wonderful. An excursion, an adventure... an escape from reality.' She adored reading and had a hard time grasping anyone not loving it.

Is there any creature on earth as unfortunate as an ugly woman? (wonders Lady Catelyn Stark)

If there must be madness, something may be said for having it on a heroic scale

Journalists do not live by words alone, although sometimes they have to eat them.

Many people wait throughout their whole lives for the chance to be good in their own fashion.

I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.

Today I fulfill my creative side. I want to bloom wherever I am planted!

Acting is not a profession of competing with other actors, but rather a vocation of sharing with fellow human beings.

Don't be impatient with me. Bear in mind that I hop around among all of you big beasts like a harmless and helpless frog who is afraid of being squashed.

Give love and share happiness with the people around you, and never give up fighting for what you believe in.