I'll accept the pain and the suffering, because I know that in that there's a lot of beauty, too.

If SANTA CLAUS came down the chimney in a f**king jogging suit, you wouldn't even know it was him.

You want the world to be what you want it to be, and sometimes the world doesn't want that.

As you get older, you accept that there are some tunnels that don't have any light in them, but you go down them anyway.

Everything that you do in your life that helps you sweat is good for you. Whenever you're sweating, you're adding to your potential to enjoy the day or enjoy the moment or enjoy your life.

I embrace the idea that I'm an entertainer.

Keeping perspective and being happy and being energetic and being creative - that's all tied to being healthy.

I think it's probably a good thing to be considered stable, but with a capacity for madness.

I wish I did believe in God. It would be a great relief to think, 'God'll take care of it. God'll put gas in the car tomorrow'.

Being around people who are happy and people who are creative, that's what you do if you're lucky in your life.

We wish that we could take magic drugs, play around all day, read, and do nothing strenuous, and be the smartest, happiest people in the world. The truth is, it's all about sweat.

You are a winner when you have the courage to face the adversity and endure the difficulties.

What a great gladness to welcome a new born baby into the world.

What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?

Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe.

If the reader prefers, this book may be regarded as fiction. But there is always the chance that such a book of fiction may throw some light on what has been written as fact.

I respect them [Amar Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony or Dwyane Wade], but would I dress like them? No.

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

The Republican Party, right now, is a conservative populist party.

Rule 1: All rules can be broken. Many (ex-legal and ethical) should be. Most people won't.

Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn't mean you can break the speed limit. The speed limit's still 65.