I am pleased to inform you of the decision of the Government of the Republic of Iraq to allow the return of the United Nations weapons inspectors to Iraq without conditions.

If the U.N. secretary-general withdraws the inspectors from Baghdad ... this means that the secretary-general has abandoned its own responsibility in maintaining peace and security in the world.

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

It was all real and blazing with detail. But I was shadow, light as mist, mute as the wallpaper.

Frida Kahlo taught me a lot without ever bragging about anything.

Selfliss giving rounds the edges in spiritual practice. Many people can meditate very well but they're still very egotistical.

Danny and I wrote 10 songs in seven days, which I thought might be close to the record until you probably look at some of the Beatles statistics.

Cooking for me is a way to wind down. It's different from cooking on camera, where you have to do everything twice, for a wide shot and a close-up.

I usually think of art as having a measurable content of nourishment, whether factual or emotional or whatever, and I try to make sure that whatever I do has as much nourishment as I can muster.

Lasting joy is found not in what you get, but in what you give.

I guess it has to be healthy, you have to be honest with yourself and I think that's when ego is okay.

Everything is ultimately peculiar and ultimately ridiculous.