The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time.

New beginnings can be painful ends. What your attitude is changes ends into new beginnings.

A poor attitude does not do the body any favours. Smile and the world will smile back at you.

There are two kinds of spirit

I don't know what it's like to have a typical father figure. He's not the dad who's going to take me to the beach and go swimming, but he's such a motivational person.

Rock and roll is about having a good time.

My worst nightmare is being stuck somewhere with nothing to read.

Heavy metal is a universal energy -- it's the sound of a volcano. It's rock, it's earth shattering. Somewhere in our primal being we understand.

I've done everything I've wanted to do. I have three children, I have grandchildren, I have books, I did movies, I've directed movies, I've done almost everything I've wanted to do.

If it's raining you can't fix the roof, if it's not raining it doesn't need to be fixed

Come, butterfly It's late- We've miles to go together.

I wanted Raging Bull. I wanted Casino. I got Rocky and Bullwinkle. But that's OK, because I still get to tell people I've worked with Robert DeNiro.

The muscles used to make a smile actually send a biochemical message to our nervous system that it is safe to relax the flight of freeze response.