I prepare for the worst, but hope for the best.

I like villains because theres something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. Theyre motivated.

Don't threaten me with love, baby. Let's just go walking in the rain.

Many things we need can wait. The child cannot. Now is the time his bones are formed, his mind developed. To him we cannot say tomorrow, his name is today.

Never for a second did I think of myself as the sexiest guy in the world. When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.

I absolutely love spending time with my family.

I am oblique, I think that has to do with my own nature. I like trying to do things which work on many levels, because I think it is terribly important to give an audience a lot of things they might not get as well as those they will, so that finally the film does take on a texture and is not just simplistic communication.

I chose to go to law school because I thought that someday, somehow Id make a difference.

You look rather rash my dear your colors dont quite match your face.

My goal has always been longevity. Not fame and fortune, just get a job and keep it.

I started Societys Child on a bus in East Orange as I was going home from school. I saw a black and white couple sitting there and started thinking about it.

If you look over the years, the styles have changed - the clothes, the hair, the production, the approach to the songs. The icing to the cake has changed flavors. But if you really look at the cake itself, its really the same.

Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make.

You need to aim beyond what you are capable of. You must develop a complete disregard for where your abilities end. Try to do things that youre incapable of... If you think youre incapable of running a company, make that your aim... Make your vision of where you want to be a reality. Nothing is impossible.

The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love. William Wordsworth, Lyrical Ballads

How can you eat anything with eyes?

He (Alexander Woollcott) always praises the first production of each season, being reluctant to stone the first cast.

The worst thing that happened to me was when platforms went out of style.