My personal influence in the Revolutionary Governing Council is such that the dictatorship of the proletariat is firmly established, since the masses are backing me.

I also had a mistaken attitude towards certain comrades.

It is correct that I overlooked the contamination of the party, not just now but also in the past.

I do not think that I am a person who cannot be trusted.

As to Magyar, I think that my speech was incorrect, inappropriate.

You know, ” he said, “P.S.S. Piss Camp.” “Yeah, I get it, ” I said, “It’s just not funny.

what is lost because it is most precious what is most precious because it is lost

A kiss on the nose does much toward turning aside anger.

I've played the violin since I was seven but stopped because there was a stage when it became 'uncool'. I was listening to Nirvana and wanted to play the guitar, so I ditched the violin.

Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.

A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.

I coach to help boys become men of empathy and integrity who will lead, be responsible, and change the world for good.

I consider anybody who has been able to make a living in this business [movie business] without having to do something else for a living for any period of time let alone 43 years would be a miracle.

Give me a room whose every nook is dedicated to a book.

It is easy to forget that the most important aspect of comedy, after all, its great saving grace, is its ambiguity. You can simultaneously laugh at a situation, and take it seriously.