My voice was pretty good almost all through Othello. Alexander Technique really helped my posture and focus.

Ecstasy is a drug so powerful, it makes white people think they can dance.

It was really bizarre. I was learning how to be a black guy from a white guy pretending to be a black man.

They don't make red noses to fit black people. I have a wide nose like a Volkswagen and I have never had a red nose that fitted me.

That's where depression hits you most - your home life. It doesn't affect your work. I can't do this zany, wacky, funny thing any more. I haven't been like that for a long time.

The filming of Shakespeare is always problematic, because he hates posing for the camera

My purpose is to make films that will help people to live, even if they sometimes cause unhappiness.

Are you your clothes? Are you your name? Are you your profession? Stop identifying with them. They come and go

To be wise is to be eternally curious.

When you experience having nothing you value everything - and that applies to all aspects of life.

For the spell is older than experience. For the tale is older than the record.

There are obviously people who want to be very niche, but I think for the most part everybody is trying to reach a larger audience.

Don't just reach for the stars. Grab a hold of one, grasp it tightly, and pull it into your heart and soul.

I have a low tolerance for mediocrity in music and life. I'm into pain and joy and the in-between doesn't interest me.

The command, 'Be fruitful and multiply', was promulgated, according to our authorities, when the population of the world consisted of two persons.

I think of my poems as personal and public at the same time. You could say they serve as psychological overlays. One fits on top of the other, and hopefully there's an ongoing evolution of clarity.