My mother never really thought I could become anything.

I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.

I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.

You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the issues facing the country.

I don't like the word 'superstar'. It has ridiculous implications. These words - star, stupor, superstar, stupid star - they're misleading. It's a myth.

Oh God, don't envy me, I have my own pains.

When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.

Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.

Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.

We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.

You have to put work into relationships to keep them fun.

Man all of your flows bore me, paint drying.

I wouldn't change my experience for anything. It made me the person I am today. Not just on the court but off the court.

You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might find a higher purpose and a better use of mind.

The habit of analysis has a tendency to wear away the feelings.

I could give all to Time except--except What I myself have held.

I couldn't catch a ball or any of that stuff. I could do only what required brute stupidity.