I've never gone for having a great voice, for cultivating one. I'm still not doing it now.

Sometimes you just have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on.

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

People have a hard time accepting anything that overwhelms them.

Your heart is like the ocean, mysterious and dark.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

You need something to open up a new door, to show you something you seen before but overlooked a hundred times or more

How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see?

Perfection is static, And I am in full progress.

Giving does not just feel good, but it's really, really good for business, and it's good for your personal brand.

You can't please everyone and trying to do so is the kiss of death.

In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That's my job.

There's only one thing that can save a man from madness and that's uncertainty.

I have leukemia, and my chemotherapy has destroyed my immune system.

Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of the steam-engine is to create leisure for mankind. Do not believe them; it only creates a vacuum for eager thought to rush in.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

My decision was sparked by affirmative action. There was a point in my life when affirmative action would have meant something to me - when my family was working-class, and we were struggling.

Reflecting on these complex relationships between reader and story, fiction and life, can constitute a form of therapy against the sleep of reason, which generates monsters.