And that’s the truth I needed to swallow: people don’t step out and love for you

...music, music, records, records, noise to cover silence.

You win, not by defeating others, but by performing better than before.

To associate with other like-minded people in small purposeful groups is for the great majority of men and women a source of profound psychological satisfaction.

What motivates me in art is the ugly and beautiful nature of the truth. It has to be truthful and honest, even if it is ugly and grotesque.

The home was a closed sphere touched only at its edge by the world's evolution.

Anyone can die. It's living that requires courage.

I get on with actors, and when I'm doing a theatre show, it's great being with them all the time. But we're all alike, and it's much nicer being with people who are different.

There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games.

The only way to earn what you're really worth is to get paid based on your results.

Beauty is found in anything that delights the senses, nourishes the soul, fires the imagination.