I don't go out and get arrested anymore. The most extravagant thing I do these days is play golf. I'm like an old man.

I choose films for their artistic value. I don't need a mansion or a Jaguar. When I leave this Earth, I won't take any money with me. All I will leave behind will be my art.

If you've never tried drugs, DON'T. And if you have, pray.

Mickey Rourke was the Brad Renfro of the '80s.

I auditioned at the Radisson in Knoxville, and I just did what I always do. I just try to believe what I'm doing.

Everybody thinks I'm, like, a bad boy. I've had my day, but I just sit at home and play the blues mostly.

Is that what I've become, a piece of meat?

One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.

You can live with me in this house I've built out of writers blocks.

Sadly enough, individual liberty remains the ideal of revolutionary thinkers even in the 21st Century.

Talent is useful, but always keep your dagger sharp.

Nobody is going to occupy a place higher than I.

If there's very strong civic unrest you can see a strong party of the Right emerging, whether it's UKIP [The UK Independence Party] or an even further-right party.

Strength of numbers is the delight of the timid. The Valiant in spirit glory in fighting alone.

A sense of worthiness is a child's most important need.

I come from a long line of people that write. My folks ran a weekly newspaper.

She accepted it from then on. Books liked her. Books wanted to look after her.