We are known as one of the few truly antifascist families in Munich.

We are known as one of the few truly antifascist families in Munich.

My friends, who sleep for all eternity; we do not forget you.

Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.

The writing is the springboard for your intuitive stuff and then you see, maybe a colour of what you want to achieve. Then you bring in the technique you've learnt. But when you're on film, you're not always in control of that. That's what makes me believe in a kind of collective unconscious, a sort of experience you draw on.

I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment.

You know, when you've established a certain thing, what can you do? You're stuck with it.

A country which has a population 99% as their faith in Islam can also be a country which are subscribing to the universal values of the E.U.

A career is forward planning.

I was born in Chicago, then I spent most of my youth in Joliet, Illinois which is about thirty minutes south, and I went to a military academy for high school in Wisconsin. Then I went to college, on a basketball scholarship to a small school in Iowa, so I'm like Mr. Midwest.

I mostly eat healthy. I just do. I'm not a vegan for health reasons - although obviously I'm 20 pounds lighter than when I started. I stayed 20 pounds lighter. I feel better. My friends say I look better. All that's true. But I'm a vegan for compassionate reasons.

I'm playing quarterback, I'm playing football, and I don't try to make it more than that.

I don't need to manufacture trauma in my life to be creative. I have a big enough reservoir of sadness or emotional trauma to last me.

I'm always in awe of people who are artists in their fields - people who understand that simply by taking ideas and translating them into reality, they've created value in the world.

I think the most important thing is God forbid anything were to happen to Mr. Trump as the president, you want someone who can take over the government the very next day and make sure that their agenda and Mr. Trump's agenda continues to move forward.

All the muddy waters of my life cleared up when I gave myself to Christ.

I had to do the book because there was an unauthorised biography which didn't tell it like it was.

I love a good safari.

I know I can't do everything myself. So I know I specialize in my melodies and I do some of my demo work. I pass it on to my producers who are much better at the production level.

I'm not a guy who has ever seen the inside of a gym.

Barbecue is the good old technique of people making a fire and putting some stuff over the top - I mean, look at the S'more: it's just got a stick. A lot of those goofy toys, it's people who are looking at things to do. I think if you focus on the food, at the most you need tongs or a spoon to flip something; that's about it.

Happiness lies in moments, and while you have it, you're not even aware; only afterwards do you know you were happy.

I didn't plan to be the rude middle-class comedian. You write a certain type of joke that you find funny, and mine happen to be often rude. Yes, it's juvenile, but that's me.

Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads.

I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make their subject.

He who despises life is his life's master.

I'm such a fan of actors and also enjoy watching them work so that I can help their acting in any way I can. Sometimes it walks a tricky line because you want to be entertaining to some degree. But honesty is always entertaining to me. I'm a big Woody Allen and Spike Lee fan, and I find their films to be very honest.

A "good" family, it seems, is one that used to be better.