August 22 Birthdays

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

Poverty is not socialism. To be rich is glorious.

Poor people have the blues because they're poor and hungry. Rich people can't sleep at night because they're trying to hold on to their money and everything they have.

In opera, there is always too much singing.

Im of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.

I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I dont think about it is when Im playing it.

Charm is an intangible. Chutzpah, charm, charisma, that kind of thing, you cant buy it. You either have it or you dont.

I think acting and psychology are both looking at what makes human beings tick. Ive always found that fascinating.

Anything remotely resembling news media is going to continue to migrate online until very little or none of it is produced on dead trees.

And you wouldnt believe what a small world it is because everyone seems to know that I was a Playmate. You wouldnt be scared of me, would you?

I get asked to read new works a lot, in the hope that I will give a quotation and I will only give a puff for a book I truly love.

A full beard looks cool.

I am the worst influence. If you cant handle your vices, then I am the Devil.

To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.

Men who are insecure about their masculinity often challenge me to fights.