You write your life story by the choices you make. You never know if they have been a mistake. Those moments of decision are so difficult.

Women have got to stop being polite. If I ever had children, which I don't, the first thing I'd teach a girl of mine is the words 'f - off.'

Being powerful is so much more interesting than being beautiful.

You write your life story by the choices you make.

It has nothing to do with clothing or makeup. Just put your shoulders back and chin up, and face the world with pride.

Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be.

When you're 16, 30 seems ancient. When you're 30, 45 seems ancient. When you're 45, 60 seems ancient. When you're 60, nothing seems ancient.

I don't think it's good to try and change anyone. The trick and the mystery - of relationships and life in general - is to learn to live with the bits you don't like.

Parkinson's is a slow but inevitable process. It's hard living with it on a daily basis. The difficulty facing people with it is that they never quite know 'Can I or can't I do this today?'

I don't like the word 'strong,' because a strong character is never an interesting character. A character is made interesting by their vulnerabilities and their weaknesses.

Where you grew up becomes a big part of who you are for the rest of your life. You can't run away from that. Well, sometimes the running away from it is what makes you who you are.

When I write...I am in the fond armsof a childhood friendupon whose colorful heart I can hang the charcoal drawingsof my woes.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

Generosity is often the stalking horse of control.

The strongest argument in favor of the gospel is a loving and lovable Christian.

I get uncomfortable in large groups of people and loud music.

We weep for a bird’s cry, but not for a fish’s blood. Blessed are those with a voice.

It is not recognized in the full amplitude of the word that all freedom is essentially self-liberation - that I can have only so much freedom as I procure for myself by my owness.

You don't care if I'm guilty or not. You gonna make sure I go to jail for life.

Surround yourself with people you want to be around.

You always want your significant other to think that you hung the moon, but when you're working in music you also want them to be honest with you.