When people feel threatened by you, they find something that is belittling.

I'm a sucker for turquoise sea, white beaches and palm trees. I've been to the tropics every year since I could afford it. It's the perfect place to unwind. I can chill out, read, do a bit of yoga.

My parents wanted me to work in a bank or as an accountant.

When people speak their own language you get a much better sense of who they are.

When it came to the stylish and graceful art of ballroom dancing, my dad was a king of the clubs, a prowling tiger and a wonderfully natural mover.

I started dancing before I could talk. Other babies learn to stand and then walk - I just danced.

I'm not romantic at all. I'm a moaner. I should be on Grumpy Old Men. I'm terrible.

It's horrible how money and fame can make you acceptable while, if you're not famous or rich, you're not acceptable.

I think a lot of people have a vision of L.A. in which TV executives and movie directors plan their latest productions by the swimming pool.

I like to read about subjects unrelated to my work, especially history.

I'm with people all the time so I often go away on my own.

Zen cuts straight through the Quidditch match in progress and almost gets taken down by a Beater hurling a Nerf quaffle right at his machopartes.

Jesus obviously does not answer many questions from you or me. Which is why apologetics is always such a questionable enterprise. Jesus just doesn’t argue.

Busy is a choice. Stress is a choice. Joy is a choice. Choose well.

Example has far more followers than reason.

I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.

Be true to yourself, know that your are more than your face and body, and keep God first.

My favorite kitchen was the Japanese and the Italian kitchen.

Nothing is more difficult than trying to correct history.

I've lived many places all over the world, so I've always seen myself as a citizen of the world.

When I get to heaven I mean to spend a considerable portion of my first million years in painting, and so get to the bottom of the subject.