It is one proof of a good education and of true refinement of feeling, to respect antiquity.

When you're young, there's so much that you can't take in. It's pouring over you like a waterfall. When you're older, it's less intense, but you're able to reach out and drink it. I love being older.

There's a lot of conning as part of our society, I think.

Never burn bridges. Today's junior jerk, tomorrow's senior partner.

Here's a vice: I say yes to too many things. I wish I had the guilty pleasure of saying no. My goal is to try to do less, but more fully.

Most people think that animals are third-class citizens. Very few people really see animals as "the others" with whom we inhabit this planet. They have equal rights with us.

Don't depend on other people's encouragement. It's never enough and never when you need it.

I'd rather have a small part in a movie I love than a bigger part in one I don't care about.

Usually it's the guys that don't follow you around, who you're attracted to!

Some of the most intense affairs are between actors and characters. There's a fire in the human heart and we jump into it with the same obsession as we have with our lovers.

It's rare when you have everything going perfectly all at the same time.

Extremities are flawed. Moderation is ideal, save for one occasion.So damn these eyes that weep too much.This mind that thinks too much. But never this heart that loves too much.

I do not run from beauty, my own or anyone else's. If it is a gift, I claim it and I use it. And if it is a curse, well...I claim it and use it." Victoria da Vinci

There is no greater achievement than being a grandfather who tells fairy tales to grandchildren.

The concept of having staple pieces with clean, basic lines, and adding accessories to funk it all up is one that applies to both fashion and decorating. There are so many parallels.

God doesn't send His children to Hell either. It's just the Devil's children that God sends to Hell. Why should God look after the Devil's children.

Like a lot of young people who wanted to be artists, comics were a gateway for me.

Of course, fresh flowers are the answer to any June gloom you may be feeling. Flowers really do solve all problems.

When you're wide awake say it for goodness sake, it's gonna be a great day.

I love being on tour and having my own tour bus.

When people are in acute crisis, residential care may be needed, but this should not be seen as a medical issue.