I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker

My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.

Reality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called life.

I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future

I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll

From the moment we walk out the door until we come back home our sensibilities are so assaulted by the world that we have to soak up as much love as we can get, simply to arm ourselves.

I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.

When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days.

I still have highs and lows, just like any other person. What's missing is the lack of control over the super highs, which became destructive, and the super lows, which are immediately destructive.

Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them.

Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone.

If you can learn to be more trusting you will find how easier it is to go on to manifest successfully.

While the world wasn't build for the humans, we were built for the world

The government will see that human spaceflight is useful - for science and the economy - and inspirational.

Those who feel themselves despised do well to look despising.

He that can please nobody is not so much to be pitied as he that nobody can please.

I would suggest that the next generation stop looking for happiness outside of themselves but instead turn inward.

I define my sexuality in terms of the people that I love.

The wants of mankind are supplied and satisfied out of the gross values produced and created, and not out of the net values only.

I am a perfect being in a perfect world.

Most of my sermons are inspirational, and I believe people need that encouragement.