I was a shy, awkward sort of a boy and my fathers frequent absences from home, along with my hero worship for him, made me even shyer.

I was only saying to the Queen the other day how I hate name dropping.

I never kissed my father until he was on his death bed.

I never tried to emulate my father. Anyone trying to do that would be a second-rate carbon copy.

The Joan Crawford that I've heard about in 'Mommie Dearest' is not the Joan Crawford I knew back when.

People are starving for truth and leadership.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

My real name is Nils and Booboo is a childhood nickname. It's not two words or two capital B's, it's B-o-o-b-o-o.

I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the way we all communicate

Sometimes when you're starting out with acting, you have to take what you can get to get experience and meet people.

It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.

I'm not running away from the fact that I had previously said I did not contemplate a major increase, and that was a fair statement of the Government's state of mind at the time I made that.

They did type me as a horror writer, but I have been able to do all sorts of things within that framework.

Slumps don't bother me.

Sweet Mercy! to the gates of heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven; The rueful conflict, the heart riven With vain endeavour, And memory of Earth's bitter leaven Effaced forever.