I told them I wouldn't sign a blank cheque.

I have never believed you make your case stronger by bad-mouthing your opposition.

If I'm too strong for some people, that's their problem.

I've always been ambitious to be very good at what I do.

I told them I wouldn't sign a blank cheque.

Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.

You've got to sing like you don't need the money.

My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man.

I want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music.

It would be nice if education was free to everyone who wanted it, but that's not the world we live in.

One hell of an outlay for a very small return, with most of them.

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.

I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better.

Men can be a great deal of work for very little reward.

When I have to cry, I think about my love life. When I have to laugh, I think about my love life.

Why put make-up on when you only have to take it off again?

You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

The instant people specialize, it's in their interest to dehumanize the people their specialized function operates upon.

If the Knesset is a temple, then Feiglin is the idol. A Knesset where Feiglin presides is an impure Knesset.

Death is better than slavery.

When you are too specific on a target, it can drain you. Ask me where I will be when I am 60, and I will have no answer to give.

The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous.

I'm open to whatever people want to call me.

You cannot believe everything you hear.

I often buy myself presents. Sometimes I will spend $100,000 in one day in a posh boutique.

I'm a surfer at heart. Both my parents moved to Hawaii in the 1970s, where they met and became Christians. Then they taught me and my two brothers how to love the Lord - and how to surf!

I don't want people to think I'm a hypocrite.

Sooner or later we will have to recognize that the Earth has rights too to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth but the planet can live without humans.

I have declared that I will work free of cost with those composers who are passionate about their work. Sohail Sen is one such lad, whose music in Banjaara has been liked a lot.

I grew up with 'Roseanne'; I kind of adore her and stuff like' Home Improvement', really traditional American stuff.

Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a book, writing a book. Actually, in the word of the publisher, she's 'collaborating' on a book. What an embarrassment! It's one of these 'I told you,' books that jocks do.

As for my writing process, there is one truth I have discovered after writing some twenty-plus books: Not every book is the same, but the middle of every book is where I really begin to question my choice of vocations. The beginning and end is usually fairly clear to me, but that middle just sucks the life right out of me.

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

Go cherish your soul express companions set your habits to a life of solitude then will the faculties rise fair and full within.

Horses and mules, and even sail cars, made more rapid progress than did the earliest locomotive.

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

A Great Work of Art is one that truly moves and inspires you. You yourself must be moved. Dont look at art with others eyes. Dont listen to music with others ears. You must react to art with your own feelings your own heart and mind.

I wanted to be consistent with my exercise, so I committed to working out for 30 days in a row, no matter what.

Steampunk has been hovering around for a long while, and it's never really caught on in a big way.

If they weren't laughing with me, okay; if they want to laugh at me it's better than nothing.