Theatrical success is predominantly two variables: who the distributor is and how much money they spend.

I am Shiva, Destroyer of Worlds.

The devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for.

You show me a truly funny girl who doesn't have emotional issues, and I'll introduce you to my stable of unicorn thoroughbreds ridden by leprechaun jockeys.

Men will treat you the way you let them. There is no such thing as 'deserving' respect; you get what you demand from people.

The great stories go to those who aren't afraid to live them

You ever wake up in the middle of the night because a couple of cats are clawing each other to death outside your window? That's what it's like listening to you speak.

I will never understand why people get so upset at things I don't even remember saying.

I laugh at people who say things like 'I'm a good person, I just do bad things.' No, that's not how it works. What you do IS who you are.

The hardest lesson I've had to learn in my life is that my intelligence is inversely correlated to my humility. The more I thought I knew, the less I actually knew.

The narcissist act is not an act. I actually am a narcissist, very much so. My world revolves around me.

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.

Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.

If any other religious cult knew so few basic facts about its own seminal beliefs as the liberal cult does about Joe McCarthy, Janet Reno would gas them.

I should remember more, and I have a pretty good memory.

My balance is really bad. I just hope my clumsiness doesn't show through.

Never hold resentments for the person who tells you what you need to hear; count them among your truest, most caring, and valuable friends.

I'm always glad to be offered roles, but wouldn't take any role as this could do you more harm than good, but I've been at what they call 'on the top' as far as being known for twenty years.

Nature engenders the science of painting

Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

We are the folk song army, every one of us cares. We all hate poverty, war, and injustice unlike the rest of you squares.