I was lucky enough to see the Beatles play live.

I have crushed the cup of youth like a rose between my fingers but its nectar never warmed my weary heart.

You can lay down and die, or you can get up and fight, but that's it - there's no turning back.

Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.

I was born in March 1949, a post war baby boomer.

I get a lot of people who will either write to me or come up in public and say, "My daughter, son, family, or I, etc. look up to you."

Sometimes I just have a few people over to see the new work, and I think it works better than in a museum situation, where the public is just presented with a large area.

For me, the main thing is spontaneity & taking chances.

When I see a role I want, I fight for it.

It's easier to change directions while you're still moving.

I was living a charmed life.

To a heart formed for friendship and affection the charms of solitude are very short-lived.

My two biggest influences are Archie comics and Dennis the Menace.

You trust wholly or not at all. Trust was not divisible.

One ought not to write for money, but I consider it a first duty after one has written to exact the highest possible price. It is not a matter which concerns only the writer, but all writers.