I suppose I like to give people something to talk and think about. I can just be the person that kind of put a message in the bottle to see where it ends up.

If I'm good at something, I'm good at something, and if I'm bad at something, I'm just bad at something. Gender shouldn't have anything to do with any of my work or anything I produce or create.

Every artist, to me, should know why they're doing what they're doing. You shouldn't create simply because it sounds good to you. That's not a real response to me.

I love to be challenged. I like to be in places where I don't have easy ways out; it's either I do it or I don't and, in my mind, I don't really have the option of don't.

Rituals help us change modes.

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.

Studios are used to have an investment in you, an actual, literal investment in an actor. You paid them some money, you had a contract with them and you were almost like a commodity.

One wants to think that - and this is really a stupid thought - that through your art or whatever you do as an actor you can actually affect someone else's lives and thoughts or whatever.

Blast Cecil!” said Eldric. “You have my permission,” I said.

It's not what you do - it's the intensity of your feeling that determines how far you go in the spiritual life.

We all make mistakes, probably the man most often.

Whoever you are, you've got to start from where you are. If you're a sailor, and only know sailor's language, well, write in it, for God's sake.

Women say hello and then put their hands down my trousers. I thought it was my hand they were supposed to shake.

In essence, everything is energy and cannot be destroyed.