I never thought, 'Oh God, I'm in Prince's shadow.' He'd been performing for years, and he was my teacher.

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?

Remember why you are here and why you are alive. Have faith in your dreams no matter how far they might seem.

If you're an artist and you have dreams don't stop fighting because dreams really do come true.

Some cynical Frenchman has said that there are two parties to a love-transaction: the one who loves and the other who condescends to be so treated.

If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.

Have faith in all that you make.

The blood inside of me is the blood inside of you. Why must we try and hurt our brothers and sisters when we are all the same? Believe in love.

If everything is a dream, don't wake me.

Truly, truly, the grace of God is never without any effect.

A puzzle is not a dead-end.

Are we turning back? Because if you’re just trying to solve my post-traumatic stress problem by exposing me to rock sharks until I’m desensitized, trust me—that ship has sailed.

Excuses are most valuable to the person making them but to everyone else its foreign currency with little value or not accepted at all. You are not good with me until your integrity check clears.

If you look at a building by Mies van der Rohe, it might look very simple, but up close, the sheer quality of construction, materials and thought are inspirational.

I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send me enough of them.

The novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated fashions of the generation before last.

When I'm acting, I've always got to make it make sense to me why I do anything. Whether it's right or wrong, I've just got to believe this is the reason why I am doing this and just go with it.

Never pursue literature as a trade.

Evil habits, in which men indulge, are the chief cause of disease in the physical as well as the mental state.