Seven thirty in the morning is too early for a man of my standing.

I want truth. I'm crying out to hear it. I need it like oxygen.

I'm a Taurus, you know. A bull. I belong in a field.

We must remember to enjoy ourselves.

I have two vintage typewriters. One just about works and the other hasn't a hope in hell, bless it. But they're both beautiful, and they'll stay with me just as long as there's a roof over my head.

I once knew a girl who didn't know where anywhere was in the world. Not a clue. I asked her if she knew where Africa was and she answered, 'Is it the orange one on a map?'

I can't abide small talk.

I've spent so much of my adult life in relationships that it's actually quite pleasant to be alone at last. I turned thirty-six the other day, which staggers me when I think about it.

I'm the worst ad anyone could possibly be for abstaining from anything.

I like a decent funeral, and God knows in my family we've seen enough of them. Looking through family photographs now is like watching an episode of 'Dad's Army.

Milk which is just about to turn is akin to that moment spent on the cusp of failure in a dulled and fettered relationship.

In the right context you can make words do all kinds of things.

Happiness is a tenant that would only move into your life if you consistently focus on the positive side of your life.

If government is to respect people's autonomy, or to treat them with dignity, it should not deprive them of freedom. It should treat them as adults, rather than children or infants.

All good art cannot help but confront denial on its way to truth.

I have turned down so many major advertising bids because I think either the time isn't right or I'm not.

Arrayed in a new body another mother may someday give birth so that with stronger limbs and brighter mind the old soul shall take the road to earth again.

When I was younger I saw a movie called 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Those two actors and that movie was my inspiration to want to be an actor.

Haste is slow. [Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

Great portrait photographers are great mythologists.

When no one is selfless in a relationship, there is war. When one is selfless, there is peace. When both are selfless, there is joy.