I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life.

People are not born heroes or villains; they’re created by the people around them.

A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.

When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.

If you truly own who you are, no one can use you against you.

You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough

Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everthing can get better

Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.

To Grandma: Once upon a time, there was a boy who flew.

You don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going.

Every time I get injured I measure it's severity by asking myself 'Would this stop me from going to Disneyland?'

Opportunities are everywhere. The question is who is going to take advantage of them.

What a treacherous thing a body was, how it so blatantly acted out the mind’s secrets.

Hold on with a bulldog grip and chew and choke as much as possible.

I can imagine myself on my death-bed, spent utterly with lust to touch the next world, like a boy asking for his first kiss from a woman.

I think that any wealth creates a sense of trusteeship... it is characteristic of the new generation which has created wealth to have some amount of responsibility for it.

Handguns are a public health issue.

There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.

The priority for my government is that there will be development for everyone, equally.

My first job was working in a dress shop in Los Angeles in 1940, for $7 a week.

I get a lot done considering I spend half my day sleeping.