I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside.

If I get a hard audience they are not going to get away until they laugh. Those seven laughs a minute - I've got to have them.

I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside.

When it comes to the american dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.

Playing the lead in a film where you shoot for three months away from home is not an easy thing for me when my children are in school and my husband is running a theatre company.

All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.

We have so many rich people in Switzerland. They should take more responsibility for the general public. There is almost no tradition of philanthropy here anymore, unlike in the U.S.

I'd guess that 80 percent of the people who work for Playboy are feminists.

I love America. I love Americans.

Basically, I viewed any work of art as an imposition of another person's taste, and saw the individual making this imposition as a kind of dictator.

Everyone felt like they knew Ray Charles and in a way they did, because he was embodied by his music.

When hired three years ago, I willingly accepted the challenge of leading the Bulls back to the type of team this city richly deserves. I'm proud of the fact that each year the team has taken another step toward an NBA championship, and played with intense pride and determination.

To me, family is everything. I want children to realize how important their families are and what a support system a family is.

Competition is a complex thing. It brings out the best and the worst in all participants. It refines the technique and sharpens the mind body and spirit.

Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say.

Tears are Gods gift to us. Our holy water. They heal us as they flow.

Although, this is often used with negative connotations, I see ideology as an inherent part of culture.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.

The computing world is very good at things that we are not. It is very good at memory.

Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breath more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things shall be yours.

To the new 'Apprentice' candidates I would say to follow your gut instincts, be yourself and get ready to work hard for the next few months. Oh, and try to have some fun!

When golf used to be a rich man's sport, if you were poor you could not step foot on a course.

Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot of people who want to have the conversation. I don't think people are afraid of it, I just think it's the time to have that conversation. Race is not a genre.

In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't.

I really could've been a good student, but I was always hearing an imaginary audience.

If somebody sings a song that I wrote, I feel like it's a nice point of validation for the song, because it shows that the song is able to stand on its own. I like that.

A critic once described me as an 'amiable beanpole.' I got it printed on a T-shirt.