I didn’t know when I grew up, but it happened like this: I was so very young, and then suddenly, I was old.

Life is neither a party nor pain. But a prayer.

My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce murder yes but divorce never.

I like having that juxtaposition where you can have a very triumphant sounding song and then throw in all this crazy imagery. That's part of the fun of writing, you know?

Humans are born free then put into cages, then convinced freedom is what being in a cage is, and what freedom is, is being in a cage.

In order to ask with real intent or to act with full purpose of heart, we must always make an accompanying commitment.

I never try to avoid 'Ugly Betty' fans, as I love them.

In the seven or eight years we were together, we were never together.

I'm five-foot-something, sixty years old; I'm not much of a physical threat to anybody.

To me, a leader is a visionary that energizes others. This definition of leadership has two key dimensions: a) creating the vision of the future, and b) inspiring others to make the vision a reality.

The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends.