But until we get rid of that shame, then people are going to stay underground, they are not going to get tested, and we're facing an uphill battle [with AIDS].

There's a time for everyone, If they only learn, that the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn.

Don't let the sun go down on me Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free But losing everything is like the sun going down on me

It's the circle of life, and it moves us all, through despair and hope, through faith and love, 'till we find our place, on the path unwinding.

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.

Ask anyone. If it hadn't been for Elvis, I don't know where popular music would be. He was the one that started it all off, and he was definitely the start of it for me.

But you know, I have a pretty good relationship with the press and the paparazzi. It's just when they step over the line that, you know, enough's enough.

Don't judge the picture by the frame, every man is not the same

Live for each second without hesitation

Sometimes when I’m flying over the Alps I think, 'that’s like all the cocaine I sniffed.'

Better to build a bridge than a wall.

A man has only so much knowledge as he puts to work.

Solutions sometimes present themselves after a reset.

The most special relationships, in my experience, are based on a combination of trust and mutual respect.

In order to improve democracy, then, it's necessary to change the people, as Brecht ironically proposed.

I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely.

Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee.

And Silence of the Lambs is a really smart book.

One can forgive but one should never forget.

I've been living for 17 years, and I've noticed human relations is the most difficult thing to understand.

For me to bring a character to life, you've got to be able to find your own truth.