We live in a universe driven by chance, ” his father had said once, “but the bullshit artists all want causality.

Never do something for just one reason.

He was Control, and he was in control.

We can’t be trapped by fear. Lives lived within such walls are just slower deaths.

Reality was once a dream that took flight.

And then comes the realization. That although a house was taken from you, you can still build a home in a wine jar.

Long tresses down to the floor can be beautiful if you have that but learn to love what you have.

I don't think you can shock an audience anymore. Me cutting my head off is a great illusion, but when you turn on CNN and there's a guy really getting his head cut off, it does dilute what I did.

Snicker on hearing his name: 'the gentleman who thinks we are descended from the apes.'

For the actor, The Lee Strasberg Notes are an indispensable companion.

I think that you're going to get so much more out of life if you just say yes at every opportunity.

Nobody really lives in the present.

The cry of the Have-Nots has never been "give us our hearts," but always "get off our backs"; they ask not for love but for breathing space.