And by the same token, I appreciate math, because I can't do math. If I have to read a map or figure out the tip on a restaurant bill, I might start to tear up a little bit.

I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts.

I'm just truly out of things to say. I'm on the record about everything.

If you going to live by a certain code - as Bob Dylan said, you gotta serve somebody.

And by the same token, I appreciate math, because I can't do math. If I have to read a map or figure out the tip on a restaurant bill, I might start to tear up a little bit.

How it shaped my perception is this: I have become so indelibly identified as a character in pop culture that it has forced me to go deeply within myself to get a very very rock solid sense, to myself, of who I am.

I was studying acting in New York, and wasn't being hired by anyone to do anything other than to work in an Oriental rug warehouse.

Gin has produced a drunken ungovernable set of people.

Of course I dream to have this perfect man who does not want to change me. And I'm so not marriage material, it's terrible. But my dream is to have those Sunday mornings, where you're eating breakfast and reading newspapers with somebody.

Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements.

Having a bunch of cats around is good. If you're feeling bad, you just look at the cats, you'll feel better because they know that everything is just as it is. There's nothing to get excited about. They just know. They're saviours.

I had tremendous fun fooling around with the way people talked about songs, just the way that became another way of understanding the world.

You must learn to enjoy life and have fun doing what you love.

I speak to my agent about great roles, and he's like, 'They are all going to Will Smith.'

You know, as you compose music, you're just off in your own world. You have no idea where reality is, so to have an idea of what people think is pretty hard.

We just make music. For I never stop working.

There can be no argument about the Lone Star State's significant contributions to American history, and we must remember the actions and the sacrifices of those who made Texas independence a reality.

You get that air of satisfaction from achievement. It makes you feel good. We are only here for a very short time, and so you're crazy if you don't go out and try to milk it to the greatest extent you can.

I just downloaded '1984' for my iPod, but I've read that before. It just hearkens back to the 'romance' of my high-school days. I really liked the space I was in when I was reading it.

Are you tall? Are you strong? How big are your hands? You must be honest with yourself or you will end up using the wrong bat.

Sexism is a social disease.

I got to work with Gene Hackman for six weeks, side by side, 12 hours a day.

I did steal socks, but I got caught... don't shoplift, anyone - don't do it! You're just gonna get caught.

There are people who claim to be instinctive cooks, who never follow recipes or weigh anything at all. All I can say is they're not very fussy about what they eat. For me, cooking is an exact art and not some casual game.

Tragedy makes you grow up.

As with 'feminism,' not to mention 'liberalism' and 'conservatism,' 'political correctness' tends to mean what you want it to mean, which also pretty much amounts to utter meaninglessness.

And it's interesting, when you look at the predictions made during the peak of the boom in the 1990s, about e-commerce, or internet traffic, or broadband adoption, or internet advertising, they were all right - they were just wrong in time.

The way Yes works is when we have a new member come in, as in Jon Davison, it's appropriate that we see what differences we can get out of a new contributing member in order to keep Yes interesting.

Who really cares what a celebrity thinks on a given issue?

Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake

I don't call acting a real job, and writing is a hobby.