Nothing worth knowing can be taught.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

A moment spent in Sorrow or a moment spent in Pain is a waste of a Great Treasure that you will never get again.

There's an undeniable healing power in telling the truth to someone who validates you by simply listening . . . honor washes away the stench of shame.

When you do a studio picture, all the paperwork and legal stuff is already taken care of!

Atheism, a term which will, I'm sure, eventually become as unnecessary as round-earthism.

Only thanks to Pop Art, my painting has become understandable.

There is a certain degree of steampunkishness that creeps into my books.

As an actor, you get to live out many professions. I just want to continue to evolve. My one goal in this business is just longevity and respect, and that's something I'll always have to work toward.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

I write in the studio.

I love finding things that scare me and doing them. That's how you grow.