Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who really care for books read all of them. There is no other course.

I'm going to move on and do other things. My life isn't going to be about Jar Jar Binks.

I love to roast vegetables - carrots, fennel, and so on. I also love to mash or puree pretty much any vegetable!

People call me a socialist sometimes. But, no, you gotta meet real socialists. You'll have a sense of what a socialist is.

We sometimes condemn the present, by praising the past; and show our contempt of what is now, by our esteem for what is no more.

I built a studio in my house so I can be with my kids. I go out to my approval meetings [for my collection] while they nap, but at least I can sing [at home] while they sleep at night.

I just like to talk to people. I don't know how to bridge the gap between getting to know someone and then schmoozing and sort of working contacts and business connections.

There's no great technical expertise in being a movie producer.

What we call the freedom of the individual is not just the luxury of one intellectual to write what he likes to write but his being a voice which can speak for those who are silent.

Trying to find my flaws is like trying to find a black person at one of our concerts

No matter what you're going through, there is no temporary feeling or circumstance that can take away the core of who you are.