I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my life it has been stuffed in my imagination

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.

I found something! Courage--just that

A lot of profanities begin with "F". Word "failure" is one of them.

It's the sad thing about entertainment, it's not always about who is the best.

By thinking about your goals every morning, many times during the day, and every night, you begin moving toward it, and bringing it toward you.

Elegance is very dangerous. It's like TNT. A little goes a long way.

I feel like a voodoo doll. It's grim. It's gross.

We like to read about rich people in the newspapers; the papers know it, and they do their best to keep this appetite liberally fed.

Regular and simple life is the life of God; the chaotic and the complex one is the Devil's!

You can't beat life when you consider the alternatives.