I was obsessed with clowns. My dad had to get rid of them. I thought there were clowns under my bed for years.

Pace yourself, pace yourself, pace yourself. And take time to rest. I guess if you don't rest and rejuvenate, then you harden, and I don't want to harden.

It's my favorite thing to do: luxurious nothing.

There's always going to be evil, but the way we unite, regardless of class, race, religion, or gender, empowers the goodness in the world.

The soul awakens in times of difficulty by divine grace.

In the long run we are all dead.

I have so little patience with the whole Y.A. book thing. As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children or you read books for adults.

When I was young, communism, which had a certain allure to me, was clearly a failed experiment in the Soviet Union and in China. And yet, anti-communism was as bad.

A man or a ruler should always take up a task after thoroughly considering its consequences. Otherwise fate also cannot protect his wealth.

Experience is bitter, but its teachings we retain; It has taught me this--who once has loved, loves never on earth again!

Hey man! I'm a comedian but I'm not a clown.

Whatever you believe, you become.

The pity of living only once is that there is no way, ever, to be sure which sorrows are inevitable.

When the light turns green, you go. When the light turns red, you stop. But what do you do when the light turns blue with orange and lavender spots?