I directed two films, not very successfully, and after that, I went back to being an actor and a producer.

I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.

In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.

Virtue is not photogenic.

Streets crowded with people strolling, or sitting at outdoor cafes. And always, talking, gesturing, singing, laughing. I liked Rome immediately.Everybody was a performer.

I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life.

You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.

Life is like a B-picture script! It is that corny. If I had my life story offered to me to film, I'd turn it down.

Obey the voice within - it commands us to give of ourselves and help others. As long as we have the capacity to give, we are alive

The only advantage I have found in being Jewish is that I can be openly anti-Semitic.

My kids never had the advantages I had. I was born poor.

Wishing and trying aren’t faith. True faith must be present in order to give substance to your hope.

School curriculum, learning activities--all educational pursuits--should be characterized by and should lead to a sense and experience of wholeness. (p25)

Sunflowers for Sarita is a fast-paced, high caliber romantic suspense. I couldn't stop reading!

As long as you're actively trying to achieve your goals your successes are rewards and your short comings are lessons learned

To business that we love we rise betime And go to it with delight.

Britain should be the world's number one center for genetic and stem cell research, building on our world leading regulatory regime in the area.

[John Kerry] actually stole my line because when I became Secretary of State, I said, 'I hope my heels will fill Warren Christopher's shoes.' So he reversed that.

I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.

I'm very lucky, I do have an amazing husband.

If there is any justice in the world, then eighties rock will never again serve to blight humanity as it did in that dark decade!