I always knew I'd accomplish something very special - like robbing a bank perhaps.

I grew up in a gym in Miami, the one where Muhammad Ali trained. I had 142 amateur fights and lost three.

I don't mind getting punched in the nose by a guy standing in front of me. It's getting stabbed in the back that I can't handle.

Comeback is a good word, man.

I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise.

I'm an old broken down piece of meat and I deserve to be all alone . . .

People are always afraid of the truth.

Hey, baby, nobody suffers like the poor.

A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after being in therapy for a long time-there are areas where I will compromise.

I behaved worse than anybody for 15 years, and you have to pay the price for that. I used to blame other people, then therapy made me realise I had to change.

All that prosthetic makeup drains you. By the time it's lunch, you're done.

There is no such things as magic, though there is such a thing as knowledge of the hidden ways of Nature.

In short Donald Trump lies compulsively in large part because of who and what he is - a coward. This is why Mike Brzezinski said recently, "He brings nothing to the table.

Any design, whether it's for a ship or an airplane, must be done in anticipation of potential failures.

I vowed never again to experiment with such sensitive creatures.

Grasp not at much, for fear thou losest all.

Kids are perfect people till grownups get their hands on them.

I like the fact that there is challenge.

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave, when they think that their children are naive.

The best trick I learned was when a priest came to me when I was an altar boy and said, "Always, when you make a mistake, pretend it's ritual." It's beautiful!

Norman Mailer thinks William Burroughs is a genius, which I think is ludicrous beyond words. I don't think William Burroughs has an ounce of talent.