I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly.

We buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them.

I saw a Werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand

All I can say is what I've always said: If you break your leg, stop thinking about dancing and start decorating the cast.

Enjoy every sandwich.

I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins, I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in.

They say love conquers all You can't start it like a car You can't stop it with a gun.

If you won't leave me, I'll find someone who will.

There's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave, nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death.

When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.

I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it.

The ultimate purpose of a teacher is to teach students to think in a better way.

God is an idea, the devil is us.

I'm not the biggest motorcycle fan - they're cool and a lot of fun, but they're scary as well!

The essence of life is doing things for their own sakes.

I think you're always trying to challenge yourself to do new things and not repeat yourself.

It does not seem to me that I have the right to foist a story on people, most of whom are children who should be learning all the time, unless I am learning from it too.

Growth is a funny sort of concept. For example, our GNP increases every time we build a prison. Well, okay, it's growth in a sense.

Living the 'easy' life today seems to make a 'difficult' life tomorrow.

The best way of getting into something is to think of it as mischief.

Lord of the golden tongue and smiting eyes; Great out of season and untimely wise: A man whose virtue, genius, grandeur, worth, Wrought deadlier ill than ages can undo.