I wouldn't call myself a dinosaur.

I've been to two stadium gigs in my life. One was James Brown and the other was Pink Floyd. They both sounded the same. I couldn't tell the difference between James Brown and Pink Floyd. I've never liked stadiums.

I wouldn't call myself a dinosaur.

I know the Haitian people because I am the Haitian people.

I like to read my diary occasionally to remind myself what a miserable, alienated old sod I used to be.

There was a little girl who had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead; And when she was good she was very, very good, but when she was bad she was horrid.

Rodgers & Hart had a few flops before they clicked. You know, it happens. I don't know anyone who always gets away with everything.

I think the best thing about my short-lived political career was that I saw the interiors of Bihar and UP. That is the real India, and, being an Indian, it was really sad to see our own people living in such dismal conditions. It was a real eye-opener.

No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.

While we are sleeping, two-thirds of the world is plotting to do us in.

I just don't get boys; I don't really get men.

Ethics in government has always been important to me.

The spirals of the helix should be as nearly approximated as possible, as each aids by its heat that of its neighbour, or rather diminishes the cooling effect of the gaseous atmosphere.

You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force.

Evolution is a bankrupt speculative philosophy, not a scientific fact.

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.

I was depressed as a child. I found it hard to make friends. My favourite thing was locking myself in the bathroom and practising comedy routines.

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

All the children had to wear a gas mask in case of a gas attack by the Germans. They tried to make the masks like Mickey Mouse faces so the children would like them. But I didn't. They had big ears on them.

For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications.

We should not be surprised that democracy is imperfect even in Western countries.

I think that it's when we step out of the road, step outside the box, become our own person, and we walk fearlessly down paths other people wouldn't look at, that true progress comes. And sometimes true beauty as well.

Memory is always faulty. Emotions are always true.

I was a pretty feisty young kid.

Lighting a cigarette with a sense of achievement for company made the journey worth it.

In the end I think theatre has only one subject: justice.