Can you join, ask sincerely for affection without sweaty hand of expectation, understanding and accepting if it never is given?

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.

I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.

It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.

When I have a day off, I won't spend it at a Hollywood party. I'd rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas.

You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid.

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.

You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.

I think that every person has many, many people inside of them. We change our personality depending on who we are talking to or what situation we are in.

I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others.

My job as an artist, as I see it, is to understand and in some cases to take on various ways of thinking about people and the world that are different from my own, sometimes radically different.

Sometimesthe things that make you cryare more beautifulthan the thingsthat make you laugh.

Doing, in a life of balance, should be driven from who you have decided to be.

I did a Broadway show with Alan Alda and how much money can Alan Alda have.

I think I’m quite a lazy person, actually. If I’m not careful, I could just stay in bed all day.

The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp.

Understand there is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance. You must be willing to pay the price.

It's all about the quality of the fabric, how soft it is and feeling comfortable in what you're wearing.

It's just difficult to release music constantly while also constantly being on the road.

I can't say whether we had more wit among us now than usual, but I am certain we had more laughing, which answered the end as well.

I’ve questioned everything about myself, every step of the way. You have to have the same amount of fear and self-doubt as you do hope and blind optimism.