His body, his mind, his soul, had, for years, served only for the profit of others. He had his own people to whom he was pledged. Three million. They were the currency of his freedom.

The world does not turn without moments of grace. Who cares how small.

The luxury of age was the giving up of vanity.

We seldom know what echo our actions will find, but our stories will most certainly outlast us.

It was as if they wanted to take their older bodies and put their younger hearts inside.

An optimist is a braver cynic.

The true nature of a democracy is its ability to say yes when even the powerful say no

She expected no judgement and wanted no pity.

And there are moments that I would like to know what might have happened if it hadn't happened, and why it happened the way it did, and what it might have taken to prevent it from happening.

Catch the life with the agility of a dog trying to get a hold of the flying Frisbee!

When I met Letterman, he told me he thought 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' was the greatest Christmas song he ever heard, and he wanted me to be on his show to sing it.

I never made more than $50 doing any play in Chicago. That was the way I grew up.

The most fascinating person I have met so far is indeed Mr. Hugh Hefner. An incredible man!

Nature, the ultimate pragmatist, doggedly searches for something that works. But as the cockroach demonstrates, what works best in nature does not always appeal to us.

I credit literature for the reason I act because that was the door to me saying, ‘Oh! I can be somebody else. I can exist as someone else.’

Dilemma of civilized man; body mobilized, but danger obscure.

The biggest fear that I have is settling into too many set behavior patterns, where I feel like I'm no longer exploring possibilities anymore.

Now that I'm over sixty, I'm veering toward respectability.

Side effect of overemphasizing the importance of personal security in your life is that it can cause you to live reactively.