I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

Privacy above all else. Some day, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.

The very possibility of death focuses the mind wonderfully.

I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed.

Longevity, like intelligence and good looks and health and strength of character, is largely a matter of genetic heritage. Choose your parents with care.

The stars shine as they always do. Same stars. Same sky. Only I am different.

There’s part of me that loves words. But sometimes it feels like you’re trying to drive nails with your shoe.

If you have enough room for your books, you don't have enough books.

We must be unanimous; there must be no pulling different ways; we must hang together.

Despair exaggerates not only our misery but also our weakness.

The Youngest World Heavyweight Champion in History!

If survival calls for the bearing of arms, bear them you must. But the most important part of the challenge is for you to find another means that does not come with the killing of your fellow man.