The first condition a community should set, if it aspires to be a nation, is to own the land whereon it lives, and supply its own needs.

Degenerates are not always criminals, prostitutes, anarchists and pronounced lunatics; they are often authors and artists

If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.

The artist writes, paints, sings or dances the burden of some idea or feeling off his mind.

It is well to be alone. It fertilizes the creative impulse.

[H]istory is a melodrama on the theme of parasitism, characterized by scenes that are exciting or dull, as the case may be, and many a sudden stagetrick.

The days had become a confusion of catastrophes

Half of your attention is better than all of anyone else's.

It doesn't matter if they're in front of the camera or behind the camera. I know women who are producers who are surviving on nothing but juice and almonds.

We really must keep under control, and pretty strict control, the area within which 'The Man in Whitehall' knows best.

We think there is an ecological problem, but the real problem is irresponsible growth of human population.

I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years. And I just focused almost exclusively on my initiatives for national crime legislation, foreign policy issues.

It seems like the more I punish myself, the better it's been. What it is, I'm relentless and I never give up. I never take the easy way out.

To exterminate our popular vices is a work of far more importance to the character and happiness of our citizens than any other improvements in our system of education.

I guess the majority of people who want to ban certain musicians are the ones who are so proud of everything America stands for.

For me, comedy literally is way more terrifying than doing drama, so it's always about stretching what I think I can do and putting myself out there in different context.