When I die cremate me so I can finally fit into something small.

Respect. Have it not only for others, but also for yourself.

Happiness is based on a just discrimination of what is necessary, what is neither necessary nor destructive, and what is destructive

I had an unspoken treaty with myself to never lie in my lyrics, so, for a long time, when I wrote love songs, I would use genderless pronouns, like "dear" and "darling" - like some kind of granny!

I started acting in second grade - my first role was in the Thanksgiving play. I was the Indian chasing the turkey. All the other mom's encouraged my mom to get me into acting after that.

The best medicine for despair is service.

Children never lie...I remember my daughter standing in her crib the first time I gave her caviar. I put it on bread. She ate it and said, "Encore, Papa."

The truly free man is he who can decline a dinner invitation without giving an excuse.

There's nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, 'I didn't do it right'.

I still didn't look at him. I was afraid if I did that, I would turn around, run back to him, and hurl myself into his arms.

Where you can never sleep because of noisy brain.No matter how tired you are. It's impossible to accomplish anything but lying here in bed. Frustrated and victimized at three in the morning.

About 40 years ago I had an experience where I wrote a tract.