I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them.

Music has always been something I wanted to do. I think just the idea of performing and entertaining and being in the studio is really what I wanted ….

There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of future ideas is impossible in soundbite form..

I do to others what they do to me, only worse..

Possibly I've become less funny as I've been happier..

Our ancestors who changed the world did so through new ideas which came to them as they acted..

I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness..

God is good and I am always loved..

We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success..

How sweetly he came to her, she thought. Even with his bulk and power, he came to her...sweetly..

You get ideas from other people all the time..

I always listen to you. Except when I don't..

I don't spend a lot of time with anybody..

Our idea for Hannibal Lecter is that he's very reactionary - he's somebody who can adapt really well to circumstances..

L.A.'s always been good to me..

The surest sign of fitness is success..

Friendship is something that is cultivated..

I've lived my life dealing with everybody. And that's how it's always been for me..

I'm staggered by the question of what it's like to be a multimilionaire. I always have to remind myself that I am..

It is not what you have on you, but what you have in you..

Not all. Some of them he probably lectured to death..