It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.

The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.

I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors.

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

I remember little of the Yukon or what I wrote there.

It isnt the mountain ahead that wears you out its the grain of sand in your shoe.

I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France one could lead a free life to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from ones neighbors.

I don't do proud.

Sultan Beyazid considered his father's art collection decadent and ordered it sold at auction.

Chart positions are for people with manbags who get to work at 11 A.M. because they've been at a digital meeting.

In the middle of 'Bleed Red' coming out, a huge disproportionate majority of people in radio came to us and asked if they could have 'Cost of Livin' as a single. There was even talk behind closed doors about pulling 'Bleed Red' because they had caught wind and heard 'Cost of Livin'.' We went with that.

My daughter is one of my greatest inspirations. She's an environmentalist, she plays piano, she's raising money for the earthquake victims in Nepal. Every day she surprises me and teaches me something.

Most people take long breaks after Olympics. I needed some normalcy back in my life, so I came back to the pool.

No one has the Houdini school of composition.

I was brought up as a physicist.

I prefer to be flippant about acting, just in case I'm rubbish.

I've been all different shapes and sizes in my lifetime. I started wearing shapewear as a teenager after I did 'Australian Idol.' I had a little tummy, and I was always really quite conscious of that.

A loyal sister is worth a thousand friends.

One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesnt do you any good.

You're not allowed to mess up in theater, and if you do, it is going to be embarrassing. But in film, if you make a mistake you just do it over again. You can just do another take.

I've never thought of my name at the top of the marquee in any particular terms other than, you know, slight bewilderment.

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas.

You shut the door, you tell the boss exactly what you think. But when the door opens, the job of the vice president is to stand right next to the president and implement the policy that he's decided. And I'm prepared to do that.

I've got to be comfortable when I'm on stage.

Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

I was France.

I met people when we lived down in Raleigh who'd ask where I grew up, and I'd say about two hours west of Asheville, and they'd say they didn't know there was any North Carolina two hours west of Asheville. It was in many ways an isolated place.

Who says that big-budget films are safer than mid-range films? In terms of return on investment, I'd rather have 'Sling Blade' and 'Shine' than 'Volcano.'

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

Let the world know your dreams, my friend; realise them!