It's so important to raise people to grow up to be who they are and not be forced to be who they're not. What an awful thing to do to people - it's like being in prison.

My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.

Every child deserves a chance at a life filled with love, laughter, friends and family.

Never face facts; if you do, you'll never get up in the morning.

One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.

You know, theres endorphins in laughter, as there are endorphins in running in the park.

Women should know that they don't have to hang on to an old dream that has stopped nurturing them - that there is always time to start a new dream.

As much success came to him, my father stayed true to his promise. He built the hospital to help the most helpless children with catastrophic illnesses.

In the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace, in marriage, in education and on the playing field. It was a very exciting, rebellious time.

Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing. That's one of the greatest things about life its wonderful surprises.

Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.

It’s a very private moment when your heart breaks. I was thankful we were alone. I knew I couldn’t keep her, but I would always do anything to protect her.

By the will art thou lost, by the will art thou found, by the will art thou free, captive, and bound.

I've been lucky enough to have had the luxury of being able to make the picture I've wanted to make each time on my own terms and without compromise.

The network shows tend to be run, in general, in my experience, by committee, and it's hard for actors and writers to do their jobs.

I just think things should work properly.

When I was a kid, my father told me every day, 'You're the most wonderful boy in the world, and you can do anything you want to.'

You may be embarrassed about the way you looked and the wacky clothes you wore when you were young, but normally, at least it's hidden in a box in the attic.

The utter helplessness of a conquered people is perhaps the most tragic feature of a civil war or any other sort of war.

Don't bother just to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.

I haven't been hit since Leon Spinks hit me in '92.