It simply works. You do it twice a year. Who cares? And it balances my smoking and drinking.

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.

Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise.

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand...

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams.

When death speaks to me, it speaks only of the beauty of life.

A job is a temporary need

Frankie Perino and I were lucky that day. Lucky to be alive-that's what everyone said.

Basketball really is a metaphor for life - the intangible skills I have learned on the court, have helped shape the person I am today.

We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about the causes as well.

Its much like writing a screenplay with someone else and thats how we view it, I think.

'Show up at the desk' is one of the first rules of writing, but for 'Wolf Hall' I was about 30 years late.

The essence of spirituality is, to be constantly aware of the oneness of all; at the same time to celebrate the uniqueness of the individual.

The great thing about cheap natural gas, again it's cheap, and it provides a cleaner alternative to coal. But it's still a fossil fuel, and because it's still a fossil fuel, it still emits carbon.

There are three things that none of the young men of the present generation can do.They can't sit over their wine;they can't play at wist;and they can't pay a lady a compliment.