Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill.

I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of. It's about character, it's about behavior. They understand things about people that I simply don't see.

I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing will change

The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on a massive scale just about unknown before

Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights.

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity

I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It also provided a context in which I came to respect what the actor did, because I saw how difficult it actually was to do.

I was immature the way I handled the business. I saw myself as a tribune of the people.

I still think I'm going to do something else when I grow up

If you don't know what to do, just be kind. You can't go wrong.

People of humor are always in some degree people of genius.

The rise or fall of Shanghai means the birth or death of the whole nation.

Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.

As the cancellation of the German Grand Prix indicates, Germany is a terrible market for Formula One.

I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me.

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Observations always involve theory.

it is not given to everyone to shine in adversity.

Great towns are but a large sort of prison to the soul; like cages to birds, or pounds to beasts.