I love writing, it's the center of my life. If you don't love what you do, you'd better find something else to love. Otherwise, you don't have a reas….

No one will ever touch Elvis.

But life's joys are only joys if they can be shared..

If there is anything worth serving, it's this love. If there is anything worth being, it's this love. If there is anything worth talking about it's t….

If it's not your story to tell, you don't tell it..

I gotta keep the clip loaded so if I have to shoot, I will..

I try not to talk about something unless it's something I love. But if it's something that really annoys me, I fixate on it, learn something about it….

The reality is that if you always do what you've always done, you'll always be where you've always been..

If you possess something but you can't give it away, then you don't possess it... it possesses you..

If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so..

Oh God! If you save me I will work for you..

What would we do if we didn't try? We have to try..

My values are non-negotiable. And if it means not getting a role, it means not getting a role..

If your world isn't right, the cause is in you..

If you have complete control over the damned thing, you're not going fast enough..

If I'm working, then I'm working, and my focus is on that..

If you don't know it, don't write it..

If you're afraid - don't do it, - if you're doing it - don't be afraid!.

If I can't see the humor in it, how am I going to be funny?.

If we learn from the experience, there is no failure, only delayed victory..

A very populous city can rarely, if ever, be well governed..