I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted to be Jack Nicholson or Jean Gabin.

You never know who's going to be in the audience. You never know who is going to be hearing that piece for the first time, and you never know who is going to be hearing that piece for the last time.

When we all sing with one voice, the world will stop and listen.

Success lasts only three seconds. After that you're the same as you were before you had it.

Satan and all his agents, with all their combined strength and subtilty, cannot separate one soul from Christ.

In theory it may seem all right to some, but when it comes to being made the instrument of the Lord's vengeance, I myself don't like it.

You don't see something until you have the right metaphor to perceive it.

There's no future in being poor.

I don't want to write every week, it's too much trouble, and I shall only write when I want something. If you think I'm sick when I don't write, you can send for me to come and tell you.

Life is too short to chase perfection, yet too long to be satisfied with mediocrity.

When one is pretending the entire body revolts.

I think if women are visible in the media, truly visible, in an empowered role, it empowers us to be more visible in any area of our lives.

As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries men.

I couldn't believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to surrender and say, 'This is fantastic.'

His thoughts inhabit a different plane from those of ordinary men; the simplest interpretation of that is to call him crazy.

I'll never get laid trying to keep you safe. You're a train wreck on steroids.

He's a wealthy man, a very wealthy man. If you have a half a million-dollar purchase from Tiffany's, you're not a middle-class American.

I was a pretty confident kid, even if it was all false bravado.

Alone, no one wins freedom.