I've spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on the very best security and I can assure you my homes are as safe as the Bank of England.

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.

Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise.

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand...

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams.

Motivation is the first step in achieving your dreams!

The moment I felt my life return was when I took a breath and said to him, "No thank you. Were I as perfect as you are demanding, life would be rather boring.

The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.

This is not an easy time for humorists because the government is far funnier than we are.

I think when Sarah Palin opened her mouth and started talking, the more she talked, the less appealing she became.

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.

After fifty, one ceases to digest. As someone once said, "I just ferment my food now."

You have to be involved and relate to the characters in order to make a film that is true emotionally.

The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature.

I actually enjoy Instagram. I enjoy seeing what people who I have some connection to are doing around the globe.