It's very important that your parents have careers of their own. When the kid becomes the breadwinner of the household, that's when you have problems.

Sometimes, when you're not getting a whole lot of attention, you're actually walking the right path.

You need fans in high places, I always tell people. I don't care how talented you are.

You have to be respectful of pop culture, because people interpret it in the way they want.

So, the advice that I would always give is make sure you've got your own career, before you put your child in the business.

The conventions of an almighty agency tapping you for greatness and signing you up and telling you this is going to be the next big thing; that has not been my career.

Writing is still on my slate.

The video was still playing, although I didn't know why. It seemed as if the able-bodied dancers were mocking me.

It is a different world today from what it was then. It will be a different world tomorrow from what it is today.

I became lost in a world darkened beyond any known shade of black, and the only light that I have seen since...is you.

The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts.

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Much of life becomes background, but it is the province of art to throw buckets of light into the shadows and make life new again.

When you hug someone, you learn something else about them. An important something else.

Those who grasp the whole, will also comprehend all parts of that whole, even when immediate technical understanding is lacking, and recognize and marshal these.

The market doesn't make communities. Markets make networks of self-interested individuals, and they work as long as there's more than enough to go around.

For acting, darlings, is the world's most perilous trade. Compared with actors, steeple jacks and deep-sea divers lead snug and placid lives.