My mission is not to forbid French art. If the quality is there, I buy; if the quality isn't there, I don't.

I have no sense of nostalgia. Tomorrow is what interests me.

The Italians live well. They have problems, like all countries, but they are well-dressed, the women are pretty.

We all are striving for something every minute of the day, whether we realize it or not.

At a certain point, unabashed optimism becomes delusional insanity.

The past is a bucket of ashes so live not in your yesterdays nor just for tomorrow but in the here and now.

'The Night Of.' I pray there will be more.

Saying "no" has more creative power than ideas, insights and talent combined.

Mistakes, mistakes, it's all I seem capable of at times.

Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin.

I don't like the idea of competition - maybe because I kept losing them when I was a kid. Maybe it's better to be the one who loses?

I'm such a homebody. I don't party. I don't drink. That may be because I got it out all out of my system before I was 18.

I've had tremendous success...I'm very lucky.