"I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels."

"If you read about Mussolini or Stalin or some of these other great monsters of history, they were at it all the time, that they were getting up in the morning very early. They were physically very active. They didn't eat lunch."

"I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher."

"I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return."

"I love the feeling of being on a team, rehearsing together, sharing a dressing room - I love that so much."

"I don't like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need."

"The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort."

"You've got to stay focused without being boring - because all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Skinny, but dull."