Poor people know poor people, and rich people know rich people. It is one of the few things La Rochefoucauld did not say, but then La Rochefoucauld never lived in the Bronx.

All the mistakes I ever made were when I wanted to say 'No' and said 'Yes'.

The self-hatred that destroys is the waste of unfulfilled promise.

The only credential the city asked was the boldness to dream. For those who did, it unlocked its gates and its treasures, not caring who they were or where they came from.

I have had many successes and many failures in my life. My successes have always been for different reasons, but my failures have always been for the same reason: I said yes when I meant no.

You'd be surprised how many kings are only a queen with a moustache.

There's nothing the matter with Hollywood that a good earthquake couldn't cure.

One of the grave dangers inherent in the various stages of any theatrical career-whether it be budding, quiescent or diminishing-is the advice of friends.

Far more quickly than reason and logic, irony can penetrate rage and puncture self-pity.

Playwriting, like begging in India, is an honorable but humbling profession.

Julie Andrews has a wonderful British strength that makes you wonder why they lost India.

Only humans are bestowed with the capability of learning from others’ mistakes. If we deny oneself this unique faculty, we deny oneself the chance to be a human.

The respect you give to others dramatically reflects the respect you give to yourself.

I am not fake, I am just to good to be true :-)

Is everyone as wrong about me as I am about them?

Before we pray that God would fill us, I believe we ought to pray Him to empty us.

I'm a big believer of daylight in the studio.

People always grumbled. If things went well they wanted them to go better. Give them comfort and they wanted luxuries.

I grew up with classical music blasting in my parents' living room and my older brother's practicing saxophone in his room listening to jazz... a beautiful chaos.

All the collaborations that I've done that I'm really proud of with a lot of incredible Canadian artists and beyond, that's when art comes together and becomes something really special.

I mean you might have wanted Carrie Bradshaw, but to me she's like toddlers and tiaras gone berserk!