I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big, so strong that people and their hatred could never touch me.

The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me.

What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent.

You have to be able to look back at your life and say, "Yeah, that was fun."

If you want to be the best, baby, you've got to work harder than anybody else.

My mother was born in San Juan. So I'm Puerto Rican, Jewish, colored and married to a white woman. When I move into a neighborhood, people start running four ways at the same time.

I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking a break from clubs was to be missed-not forgotten.

Wishing, hoping and regretting are the most common and dangerous tactics for evading the present.

May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the prison of my skin.

Live on your good thoughts and they will manifest outwardly.

People need patience. It takes time to build a brand.

I am certain, however, that those responsible for the murder of millions of Germans will never be brought to justice.

You believe in God, then you don't believe anymore and when you have a big problem, you pray anyway...

The rewards are profound. Shadow-work enables us to alter our self-sabotaging behavior so that we can achieve a more self-directed life.

There are hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or if they do mend, they heal themselves in a crooked and lopsided way, as if sewn together by a careless craftsman.

You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people.

Better die standing than live kneeling.

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence.