In time of war, if you go through a bad neighborhood, I don't want a little French poodle, I want a Rottweiler on my hands.

When you walk through a bad neighborhood, you don't want a poodle by your side. You want a Rottweiler.

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.

I'm forbidden fruit. Once you go to certain households, mommy doesn't want you to see that dirty man who sticks his tongue out and spits out blood and all that stuff.

Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band.

There’s an old adage that says that money is the root of all evil. Bullshit. Lack of money is the root of all evil.

The death of rock was not a natural death. Rock did not die of old age. It was murdered.

James Bond has a license to kill, rockstars have a license to be outrageous. Rock is about grabbing people's attention.

It's hard to see your destination when you're focused on the cracks in the sidewalk.

When you really think about it, I'm not delusional enough to think that what I do is important to life as we know it on this planet. No. But neither is what you do.

There are many really stupid ideas that wind up being brilliant, if you can implement them.

Be simple

Have not we affections and desires for sport, and frailty, as men have?

break all the rules and you'll do just fine

If you haven’t lost your mind yet, that’s because you haven’t seen very much.

All things are possible to one who believes.

Language is an anonymous, collective and unconscious art; the result of the creativity of thousands of generations.

The stages of human development are to strive for: (1) Besitz [Possession] (2) Wissen [Knowledge] (3) Können [Ability] (4) Sein [Being].

When people say 'You're so beautiful' it makes me want to kill myself! As an actress you want to be seen for what you do, for the characters you can play, otherwise I'd be a model

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.

Failure can get to be a rather comfortable old friend.