I was very sensitive. I liked everything that touched fantasy and beauty. I dreamed of being a ballerina, but Mother said I was too big, too long.

My childhood lacked affection and ambience.

Being a public figure was reserved for movie stars.

If you can't trust, you can't be trustworthy.

If you don’t do anything today without power

A writer has no use for the clock. A writer lives in an infinity of days, time without end, ploughed under.

Spending time outdoors makes you feel great.

I'm one of the artists that even though I love my soulful stuff, I love to turn up and have a good time and that's another side of me. As long as it doesn't veer away from who I am, I'm down with it.

You have to have enough respect for other human beings to leave their lives alone. If you admire that life, build it for yourself. Don't just try to come in and take somebody else's life.

You could be my son. You even look like me a little bit... Say, who's your mother?

I've always wanted to make movies.

When the iron is hot, strike.

Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their companies should foot the bill. We can no longer afford to scrap-pile people.