I know that the arts are important. I'm not denying that, but I can't associate myself with all the claptrap that goes on around it.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.

Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities.

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

I don't believe in nepotism. I don't much like the idea of parents who interfere.

Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life.

The whole point of courage, to overcome your fear. That's the interesting thing, when courage bleeds through the fear.

I always liked to take the plunge, you know, I'd jump in at the deep end and hope that I'd find land somehow, or hope I'd float or survive. That's more or less the way I've gone through my life.

You're not more than one generation from poor white trash, are you, Agent Starling?

Words are life. They can tear down or build up, so use them wisely.

Ambition is a funny thing: it creeps in when you least expect it and keeps you moving, even when you think you want to stay put

If you commit yourself to living according to His Word your potential will be unlocked, and in time, what may look small now will grow into something significant.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

Like the actor, authority has faith in its false whiskers. But its deepest faith is in the human illusion. People will hang on to illusion as eagerly as life itself.

Scientific, like spiritual truth, has ever from the beginning been descending from heaven to man.

The best that can be said for Norwegian television is that it gives you the sensation of a coma without the worry and inconvenience.

Really, it [the Waitress] was a story about believing in yourself ultimately, and caring enough about yourself to change your life.

Every man is an impossibility until he is born.