I know the colour rose, and it is lovely, But not when it ripens in a tumour; And healing greens, leaves and grass, so springlike, In limbs that fester are not springlike.

I hope to go into a poem sober and come out a little drunk. And if I do then that's a real poem.

The theme of Death is to Poetry what Mistaken Identity is to Drama.

Praying is another way of singing.You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses.

Leave my soul alone, leave my soul alone

Are all men in disguise except those crying?

I think she just asked if she could touch my mango.

It takes self-discipline and persistence action to achieve the goal.

Find a way to express yourgratitude for the wealthand abundance in your life.

Fear is a thief. It robbed Peter of a perfectly good walk on water, & kept the other eleven in the boat.

Everything I have is for sale, except for my kids and possibly my wife.

My hairdresser in the U.K., Adam Reed, has his own line, Percy and Reed, and it's really good. And I use Moroccan Oil and Kerastase as well.

The imagination of a eunuch dwells more and longer upon the material of love than that of man or woman ... supplying, so far as he can, by speculation, the place of pleasures he can no longer enjoy.

I did a film called Dracula and it was very nice because I had lots of trips to New York on Concorde.

I'm just not a private person. It's not like I do things because I want things to be public; it's just that's my way of expressing myself, and I happen to be very famous.

If you have white walls, human beings look better in a room than if you have red walls.