“I have a character failing. I am quite incapable of identifying with anything whole-heartedly. Whatever I am doing, I am always planning to do something else. I would rather travel than arrive.”
“The art galleries of Paris contain the finest collection of frames I ever saw.”
“Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other.”
“I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others doesn't make me love the less successful one any less.”
“I don't get offered many dramatic roles. As soon as my face pops up in a movie, everyone knows I'm the funny guy.”
“I'm very competitive, and my ego couldn't handle that lack of success.”
“Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.”
“In short, it is not that evolutionary naturalists have been less brazen than the scientific creationists in holding science hostage, but rather that they have been infinitely more effective in getting away with it.”
“The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.”
“After a gig I always head back to the hotel, remembering granny's words of wisdom. I cancel the late-night pizza and watch the Jonathan Ross show instead.”
“I do have a childlike enthusiasm at times. I certainly enjoy life and get pleasure sometimes in childish things.”
“Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.”
