Death is wonderful because you can't think about it. How are you gonna think about it?

I became very critical of zoos and circuses and keeping animals in captivity. I wish it was against the law.

I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell.

I'm better off not socializing. I make a better impression if I'm not around.

At its best, life is completely unpredictable.

There's something dangerous about what's funny. Jarring and disconcerting. There is a connection between funny and scary.

No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing.

I try not to worry about things I can't do anything about.

We have no way of knowing what lays ahead for us in the future. All we can do is use the information at hand to make the best decision possible.

I play so many villains and strange, troubled people. I don't have that kind of life. I live in the country. I've been married nearly 50 years. I have a cat.

My father was a lesson. He had his own bakery, and it was closed one day a week, but he would go anyway. He did it because he really loved his bakery. It wasn't a job.

If I really start tweeting about you, 'even the sky will fall in love with me.

Gentlemen do not carry a cane or a hat? No gloves?”“Gentleman may still wear them, but I’m afraid the problem is that there aren’t many left.

The presence of fear doesn't mean that you lack what it takes to strive and win. It only means that you stepping into a whole new territory.

Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing knowing that is not enough that you have got to have hard work and a sense of purpose.

I know I lost my temper, but I tried to be human along the way.

I think it's a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasionally.

I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves

War is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and not play at war.

The administration does not agree with those who suggest we should deploy hundreds of thousands of American troops to engage militarily in a ground war in Iraq.

Would that I were the heaven, that I might be all full of love-lit eyes to gaze on thee.