Los Angeles is the only place that I can honestly say I have ever called home.

Older women know who they are, and that makes them more beautiful than younger ones. I like to see a face with some character. I want to see lines. I want to see wrinkles.

Just because I never went to university doesn't mean you can't read, although I do feel a bit uneducated from time to time.

I think that reality TV is so bad. It is a tool by the media to not make people think.

My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent.

I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release.

I'm not an academic, but I've always loved poetry since I've been small.

If you don't take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it?

The unknown is always frightening.

A slice of hot, buttered toast is the perfect meal. It's not too much and not too little, and it gives you just the right buzz.

We emphasize our differences by nationality, race and financially. [...] It's our common humanity that defines us.

The abbot cleared his throat. "You are all very stupid people, " he told them graciously, "and you do not know anything at all.

Our language is the reflection of ourselves.

The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get my guitars refretted every couple of months.

From a hundred rabbits you can't make a horse.

We are the same as plants, as trees, as other people, as the rain that falls. We consist of that which is around us, we are the same as everything.

The Nobel awards should be regarded as giving recognition to this general scientific progress as well as to the individuals involved.

Change really isn't as hard as we thought if we capture people's interest and give them enjoyable, worthwhile experiences.

When I finally got to go ride the mountains in Japan, it blew my mind.

Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write.

Love is like a child, That longs for everything it can come by