I couldn't believe when I first got a fan letter from Al Pacino, it was unreal.

I want to paint Montreal as a rather fantastic city, which it was, because nobody knows today what it was like. And I'm one of the last survivors, or rapidly becoming one.

The devil is more interesting than God.

You're only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all my life?

Try and stay sober. Until the curtain call. And for God's sake, have fun. Don't suffer for your art. Just have fun.

Sometimes you have to look into a mirror and look at the worst you could have been if you're ever going to know the best you were meant to be.

Unless you can surround yourself with as many beautiful things as you can afford, I don't think life has very much meaning.

Working with Julie Andrews is like getting hit over the head with a valentine.

I've been very fortunateit's just been an amazing piece of luck. I haven't had to suffer for my art but I've suffered enough inside to hopefully be called an artist.

The first time my father saw me in the flesh was on the stage, which is a bit weird. We went out to dinner, and he was charming and sweet, but I did all the talking.

History remembers most what you did last.

In the natural equation (Natural Society) freedom, is but the only element of equality commonly shared by all species".

When your intentions are to serve, you will be served.

How deluded we sometimes are by the clear notions we get out of books.

I don't believe in God, but I do believe in that chaotic reality, and also this: that none of us knows anything about anything. Period.

Try finding love, rather than finding fault.

History is the myth, the true myth, of man's fall made manifest in time.

Crime fiction is a genre for writing stories about people - about conflict, about guilt, about passion, about the human condition.

A strong government is where the will of the people matters, where the voice of the people is heard and where the dreams of the people are fulfilled.

I exercise three to four times a week, doing the Tracy Anderson Method, which involves toning and strengthening our small muscle groups.

I don't like to get pigeonholed. I don't like it when people think they have you sewn up.