I started out as an impressionist and that’s all about observing, how people move, their voice quality, their attitudes and quirks.

You might have seen a housefly, maybe even a superfly, but I bet you ain't never seen a donkey fly! Ha, ha!

All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of their masterpiece.

Anything you have to acquire a taste for was not meant to be eaten.

The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone’s advice.

You can't let the good things people say make you feel too good, because you're going to let the bad things make you feel bad.

If you're an artist like a really, really long time, it stops being a performance. I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience... I show you some of me. It's not a show no more.

How can you do the moonwalk and ask a woman to dance? Hey baby lets dance... cya later!

I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.

The best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people

I haven't read a newspaper in 20 years. I don't look at the computer or anything. You have to have a filter on what you let in.

I write not for the sake of glory. Not for the sake of fame. Not of the sake of success. But for the sake of my soul.

Your words, your thoughts, your imagination: powerful tools. Remember that and use them wisely.

...for nothing is more boring than being forced to play.

Uncertainty in the pressure of vivid hopes and fears is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the support of comforting fairy tales.

We may learn anew what compassion and beauty are, and pause to listen to the Earth's music.

The things you see are real, but they are not a complete seeing - Samsara.

If there are gods, why is the world so full of pain and injustice?' 'Because of men like you.

The whole of India was the home of every Indian who considered himself as one and behaved as such, no matter to what faith he belonged.

I think when you're on TV, once you become associated with one genre or the other, it's near impossible to break into the other one, even if you have experience with both.

You see reality TV and it's not reality TV. It's contrived and everything is plotted and scripted nearly. Documentaries are the same and just as bad.