My conscience is clear, because I know that in my conscience and in front of God I am guilty of nothing. I hope human justice will see at the same way.

Power wears out those who don't have it

I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants.

You sin in thinking bad about people - but, often, you guess right.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

I love Germany so much that I preferred when there were two.

In church I feel very close to the publican of the parable.

Power is a disease one has no desire to be cured of.

Apart from the Punic Wars, I've been blamed for just about everything.

In politics, sunny days and rainy days can change very quickly.

I have some state secrets I will take with me to paradise.

I've never called President Obama a racist. I love President Obama. I pray for him all the time. God loves President Obama. God loves you. And God loves me.

The consequences of militancy do not disappear when the need for militancy is over.

The more unharmonious and inconsistent your objects of desire, the more inconsequent, inconstant, unquiet, the more ignoble, idiotical, and criminal yourself.

Life isn't a dress rehearsal

It's really hard to find just a simple character-driven drama, outside of a genre, that was available to direct, except for on TV.

An actor works with their soul and their thought

You can't become legendary if you have no energy.

I came from a real tough neighborhood. I put my hand in some cement and felt another hand.

I always want to work with people that I can grow with.

A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.