I must say it's pretty dreary living in the American Age - unless you're an American of course. Perhaps all our children will be Americans.

Royalty is the gold filling in a mouthful of decay

Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.

Writers don't need love; all they require is money.

Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years.

I must be the luckiest man in the world. Not only am I bisexual, I am also Welsh.

They spend their time looking forward to the past.

A refined sort of butcher, a woman is.

We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he'd get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss.

Don't be afraid of being emotional. You won't die of it.

Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs.

I never understood, what a starving artist was until I became one.

Money isn't everything - but it's a long way ahead of what comes next.

America gets the politicians they deserve. That's it. And you keep struggling.

If we don't reform how healthcare is delivered in this country, then we are not going to be able to get a handle on that escalating healthcare costs.

The best song lyrics seem to me so artful, so brilliant, so warm and humorous, with both passion and wit, that my admiration is matched only by my envy.

That diversity of production styles and diversity of lyrical structure - I miss that.

It's like being the general of an army [directing a film]. You send people out to die.

And it can keep you as busy as anything else, and happier.

Happiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others.

Both the forces of good and evil will keep the universe alive for us, until we awake from our dreams and give up this building of mud pies.