The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.

The things that we love tell us what we are.

To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.

We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

To love is to will the good of the other.

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.

The only things that I expect are miracles.

Existential depression has always annoyed me

God hath made of one blood all nations of men.

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

I've always just wanted to sing in a rock band.

Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with.

I've been married for 49 years. Where have I failed?

I see the world through my eyes. It's sometimes a strange world.

When I was in Russia I found that I thought I was going to give these people that I was interviewing a whole bunch of choice in terms of what they could drink while we were chatting.

For me, the singer is actually the most important element. When I work with someone, it all comes down to whether I like the singer or not.