Everybody is going to be what they are, and whatever they are, there's not going to be anything to apologize about.

A cult is a religion with no political power.

Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live.

I still believe nonfiction is the most important literature to come out of the second half of the 20th century.

A lie may fool someone else, but it tells you the truth: you're weak.

The problem with fiction, it has to be plausible. That's not true with non-fiction.

If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's been arrested.

It's not just that reporting gives you a bigger slice of life, gives - lends verisimilitude to what you are doing - it's that it feeds the imagination.

The attitude is we live and let live. This is actually an amazing change in values in a rather short time and it's an example of freedom from religion.

Dear Mother, I meant to write you before this and I hope you haven't been worried.... I have met some Beautiful People and...

I never forget. I never forgive. I can wait. I find it very easy to harbor a grudge. I have scores to settle.

Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.

I still get my news from the newspaper in the morning. I just have an affection for paper, and that's no secret, I guess.

Our ignorance, and it is based on the egos we have. It is the unwillingness to go beyond ego.

The unnatural and the strange have a perfume of their own

Silence is the safest policy if you are unsure of yourself.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that's one of the hardest things to do because you don't always know exactly where you're going, and you shouldn't.

God does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that is the soul.

As an actor, you can play different age ranges and different ethnicities.

Money buys many things... The best of which is freedom.

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on the other side.