I don’t really mean what I’m saying.

I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.

It can become an exercise in trying to get the reader to like and admire you instead of an exercise in creative art.

One of the things that makes Wittgenstein a real artist to me is that he realized that no conclusion could be more horrible than solipsism.

If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.

I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?

This might be one way to start talking about differences between the early postmodern writers of the fifties and sixties and their contemporary descendants.

How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.

Whitney Houston was a laser beam ... She always gave me better than what I asked for in the studio

Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.

In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.

Behind everything that we do, there is always a Purpose. We are just not conscious to most of them.

Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance.

The fact is that, except for those very few whose wealth is overwhelmingly or entirely inherited, the more affluent have usually worked harder than the less affluent.

I don't support communism. I don't like that type of government.

The beauty of life is in small details, not in big events.

I'm a 7 o'clock act. My people want to go to a show, a dinner and then go home and go to bed.

You have to surrender to the energy above and below.

When I work, I work very hard. So I look to work with people who have that level of dedication. And I depend on that from everyone. From the director to my crews that I work with.

If you fall stand tall and come back for more.

Unless the old adage must be verified, That beggars mounted, run their horse to death.