You're not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi.

The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.

I gave up drinking once -- it was the worst afternoon of my entire life.

(On Bette Davis) Even when I was carrying a gun, she scared the be-jesus out of me.

Ain’t nothing a man can’t do if he believes in himself.

What's at the end of a million dollars? Zero, zero, zero... nothing. A circle with a hole in it.

Rick: Here's looking at you, kid.

Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains!

A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz.

All you owe the public is a good performance.

The only reason to make a million dollars in this business is to tell some fat producer to go to hell.

Fear was a reminder that even the insubstantial could kill. But insubstantial meant it had no shape. It couldn't be conquered or tamed or avoided. Only moved through, with force and will.

You are so lucky I'm too tired to murder you right now.

I'm always nice when I do drugs. But, you know, I'm nicer on the drug called "writing."

A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.

Sometimes I think and other times I am.

When you're jumping so high for something so far up in the sky, you have to know that there is definitely someone there who can catch you, someone who knows how to catch you and when.

I've been so used to being supported by musicians, and I don't class myself as a particularly adept musician on instruments. I think I'm a songwriter.

I don't pay attention to how I feel about anything.

Pleasure puts you to sleep and pain wakes you up. If you don't want to suffer, don't go to sleep.

O love, how did you get here?