I shall take all the troubles of the past, all the disappointments, all the headaches, and I shall pack them in a bag and throw them in the East River.

A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it.

Computers, like automobiles and airplanes, do only what people tell them to do.

The black man continues on his way. He plods wearily no longer-he is striding freedom road with the knowledge that if he hasn't got the world in a jug, at least he has the stopper in his hand.

Design is defined by light and shade, and appropriate lighting is enormously important.

Americans think that they have a history, but it's nothing compared to Europe.

My 'thing' is that I just lie in my immense bed and look out the window at the skyline over Virginia and the sky and the airplanes coming into Reagan. I really love doing that.

Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.

For a while in the twenties and thirties, art was talked about as a substitute for religion; now B movies are a substitute for religion.

A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example.

I swear to God, I will see [the Palestinian state], whether as a martyr or alive. Please, God, give me the honor of becoming a martyr in the fight for Jerusalem.

Yes, I'm a feminist, because I see all women as smart, gifted and tough.