No longer are there immutable standards by which to judge ourselves. Image has overtaken reality.

Alcohol was the background color in the fabric of Reggie's life.

I am guilty of using dollar signs as proof of a work of art's longevity.

Throughout history, self-styled arbiters have taken it upon themselves to decide the question of what can or cannot be the legitimate purview of art.

The rare female scientist was depicted as masculine, coarse, ugly, careworn and industrious but making no significant contribution.

We forget old stories, but those stories remain the same.

Somewhat, lawbreakers are lawmakers for they give lawmakers real reasons to make and strengthen laws

If a statement is untrue, it is not the more respectable because it has been said in Latin.

There's no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.

To-morrow is ah, whose?

It's quite liberating to have a director stand beside the camera and say: "Do this now, and do that now..." It's also a bit sordid but it liberates an actor, I think.

I went through phases of odd hairstyles and tank top-over-tee outfits and stuff like that.

It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?

I had a bike the first time I moved to L.A. I had a Honda and I got around on that. But I'd never ridden Harleys.

I'm one of those people for whom success is one thing, but significance is another. If I can have both, I'm living the dream.