The counsellor who never reads a novel or never opens a book of poetry is neglecting an important resource for empathic development.

You stick your head above the crowd and attract attention and sometimes somebody will throw a rock at you. That's the territory. You buy the land, you get the Indians.

I did not know many of the details relevant to the Iran and contra initiatives.

I am not a human being, I am dynamite.

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

As anyone who has ever fallen foul of an airport, a conventional hospital or a bad restaurant knows, misery is made up of little things.

It is by those who have suffered that the world has been advanced.

Women are like roads. The more curves they have, the more dangerous they are.

My definition of success? The more you are actively and practically engaged, the more successful you will feel.

I'm not 40 yet. I wouldn't even bother comparing myself to Chaplin.

When you get $1 billion of free advertising, it's hard not to have anybody buy the product.