The producers probably won't like this, but I always describe her as Peppermint Patty on acid.

More teenagers go to movies or rent a tape of a movie than sit down and watch sitcoms on television.

The producers probably won't like this, but I always describe her as Peppermint Patty on acid.

You know you have more to offer, and it gets frustrating when you aren't given the chance.

So that's my philosophy: If you believe in yourself, the chances and the opportunities will come around.

You're grateful and appreciative that people liked you and remember you.

There's a lot more people that enjoy me playing the enforcer, the destroyer. If bad disappears one day, then good goes out of business.

We kind of agree with Mao that political power comes largely from the barrel of a gun. And we get it that if you want a friend you should get a dog.

We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.

Is not a woman's heart unfathomable?

More and more people in my country recognise the dangers of having their governors appointed by Putin and having no influence in parliament because Parliament today is also following instructions from Kremlin and no longer represents its people.

The one great exception to the apathy on reunification is, naturally enough, Berlin. Encircled by the hostile Soviet Zone for ten years, at times blockaded and constantly at the Russians' mercy, Berliners are committed to this one goal with a unique urgency.

It has been said that a nation reveals its character by the values it upholds.

When I went to college, I wasn't interested in fashion anymore - I was interested in art.

I used to be a pretty good hit-and-run man when I played in the minors. I handled the bat well and could hit the ball to the right side of the infield. Nevertheless, I know that you often give the opposition an out on the hit-and-run play.

People moan about Twitter, people being rude and trolling. Just turn it off. Life goes on.

Though gay lifestyles have certainly moved into the open, there's little evidence that society has become more open in its basic attitudes or that entertainers should feel cozy in emerging from the velvet underground.

With love and patience, nothing is impossible.

Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert. Those are the guys I look at who are telling me pretty much the truth. And they throw humor into it which makes it much more interesting to listen to.

To know a community is to know its food.

My books have occasionally been of mixed success. It's not like I have gone from triumph to triumph. I have had a couple of books do very, very well and a couple do very, very badly.

Writing is my love. If you love something, you find a lot of time. I write for two hours a day, usually starting at midnight; at times, I start at 11.

You can't beat Freddie Mercury. He was a mad man in the best sense possible.

Filming is always a challenge because I'm not used to it. But I approach it head-on. I'm not technically brilliant, but it's the spirit that counts.

I like going to the gym every day.

I'm just happy when people want me to work for them.

I do as much bookish research as I can but when I sit down to write, often I think, 'Wait, I was there.' That is one of the great advantages of having wandered around the world and lived in so many places and met such fascinating people.

I got four sisters. They're all very fierce.

Make no mistake: I love women. I'm married to one, I was birthed by one, and I played one in my high school production of 'Romeo and Juliet.' No one else could fit into the bodice.

We developed microfinance to fight loan sharks - I was telling people don't go to loan sharks - not trying to take advantage and make money for myself. I would be a junior loan shark if I did... It is not a panacea.