You have to have lived some life. You've got to have paid some dues.

The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit.

I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star.

I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.

A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth.

Two things people throughout history have had in common are hatred and humour. I am proud that I have been able to use humour to lessen people's hatred.

I'm not addicted to cocaine. I just like the way it smells.

Booty is just a ghetto expression, and I'm just a booty star.

All humor is rooted in pain.

I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst . . . In other words, I had a life.

If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.

I know the power of speech. I don't talk much.

Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade.

I just wanted to see my people smile. Brazillian people suffer so much. I just wanted them to smile

Oh dear, you are confusing molecular science with ancient history.

Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew.

As far back as I can remember, I wanted to dance, sing and perform.

I look forward to standing up and holding George Bush accountable for pushing seniors off of Medicare into HMOs.

If you're going to risk dying, there's no sense doing it wet, cold and hungry unless absolutely necessary.

The peculiar doctrine of Christianity is that of a universal sacrifice and perpetual propitiation.

I wrote a number of pieces in the year 1966 that were so bad that, although I'm a great collector of my own pieces, I have never collected them.