I think I can hear the unseen moon

when I see you, I see mystery - a pale moon's beauty behind a veil of cloud

The Booker 2011 is of no more interest to me than the world heavyweight championship, which I'm not going to win either. It's irrelevant.

School allowed me to have outlets so that some of the pressure was taken off the acting. Every role in every movie, I used to live or die by. Once I had these new outlets, I relaxed a lot more.

I'm a firm believer that you learn a hell of a lot more from your failures than you do from your successes.

The program is already funded. Everything is in place.

You need a bit more to be a pop star than just a good voice.

Good is a noun rather than an adjective.

Intellectually, I know I am worthy, however arbitrary a thing worthiness is, and have always been worthy.

Try to acquire the virtues you believe lacking in your brothers. Then you will no longer see their defects, for you will no longer have them yourself.

People think that because they've seen your name in print, you're rich. I assume that. But all it means is that there was some intrepid interviewer who bothered to give you a call.