Jesus might not think so, but maybe the dead are best left that way.

[P]erhaps you notice how the denial is so often the preface to the justification.

Only tyranny fears the full expression of liberty.

My weapon is literature

The biggest difference between me and other artists out there is that they'll put anything out to sell a record or sell a ticket.

Life is what our character makes it. We fashion it, as a snail does its shell. A man can say: I never made a fortune because it is not in my character to be rich.

It does not matter that we cannot fathom this mystery. The only real problem comes when we think that we have.

Why do so many people chose to spend their whole life destroying paths they didn't even want to follow, instead of following the one path that would lead them somewhere.

I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of mistakes.

I wanted the song to contain various meanings, and what I wanted in particular was to appeal to the audience with my charms as a man.

For me to see the film [Dream of Life] on a big screen - it's pretty extraordinary.