I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it!

Barbara Eden is the most beautiful girl in the world.

There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them.

My definition of a redundancy is an air-bag in a politician's car.

Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.

I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.

Once you get rid of integrity the rest is a piece of cake.

When we started the show, 'Dallas' was known as the city where JFK was assassinated. By the end it was known as JR's home town.

We did 356 'Dallas' episodes between 1978 and 1991. The most memorable moment for me happened in 1980 when I got shot at the end of the third series. The rest is a blur.

No no there wasn't any planned 14th season, we all saw the writing on the wall. The ratings had been going down and so fourth, that curve goes on every show and in everybody's life.

I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.

Helplessness was the one true fountain of youth.

I can't sleep. There is a woman stuck between my eyelids. I would tell her to get out if I could. But there is a woman stuck in my throat

So don't be average. Don't be good. Don't be great. Be phenomenal. Or be forgotten.

Knowledge of the name gives him who knows it mastery even over the being and will of the god.

I said I'd stop for a year, which was inconceivable to me and everyone around me. It seemed like so long. But then, after that year, I looked up and I still hadn't gotten my land legs back at all.

It would have to be connected with performance art somehow, either in the front of the house or the back. I was myopic about this from fourth grade on

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.

If people want me to go round and talk to governments and others then I feel that responsibility which is why I am on the road a good deal of the time and why I'm not slowing down.

Yes I have had a tan, actually. I went to Los Angeles and got one there, but it didn't make it back to Britain. You're not allowed to come through customs with a tan.

Certainly, for time out of mind, an obsessive dwelling on happier former days has been synonymous with getting older, while it was the juvenescent who rushed with open arms to embrace the future.