We must all die. There's nothing terrible about death. But to live on after death, a soul, earthbound, a vampire--you don't wish any such fate for your beloved.

There is no more foul or relentless enemy of man in the occult world than this dead-alive creature spewed up from the grave.

The only conflict that is possible in Soviet culture is the conflict between good and best.

We may not always get what we want, but surely we will get what we deserve.

I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me

In a daydream sort of way, I think it would be pretty cool to direct a movie. But I have been on movie and TV sets and know it is hard work. I like directing it in my mind. It is easier.

In childhood I developed a serious throat infection, and my heart stopped beating. I recovered from that illness with a voice that boomed forth like Kate Smith's!

I'm a big-time Fabolous fan. He's my favorite rapper ever. I hope to meet him one day.

To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading.

Well, I'd love to make a decision like that, but I'm not sure how I could change my life.

I will stand off the forces of the entire country here... and die a resplendent death.

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date . . .