I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.

Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.

As it takes two to make a quarrel, so it takes two to make a disease, the microbe and its host.

A single friar who goes counter to all Christianity for a thousand years must be wrong.

I came, I saw, God conquered.

How absurd to try to make two men think alike on matters of religion, when I cannot make two timepieces agree.

I make war on the living, not the dead.

Iron hand in a velvet glove.

To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven.

Those who believe in ghosts always see them.

My cousin Francis and I are in perfect accord - he wants Milan, and so do I.

Age is like love, it cannot be hid.

We must all work together if we are all to live together in unity and harmony.

Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.

I read and I read; and I was like a medieval king, I had fallen in love with the picture long before I saw the reality.

What I do with the story itself varies of course, but what I want to do is to present the world so that the reader can access it without tripping over the details.

They come for you in the morning in a limousine; they take you to the studio; they stick a pretty girl in your arms... They call that a profession? Come on!

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

The true runner comes to the finish and receives the prize and is crowned.

I really fancy Eddie Redmayne. I wouldn't mind a few steamy scenes with him.

Had an awesome time. You tell me to show up and all I have to do is drink beer, play guitar all day and I can lift weights and you're going to pay me for this!