"My mother taught public school, went to Harvard and then got her master's there and taught fifth and sixth grade in a public school. My dad had a more working-class lifestyle. He didn't go to college. He was an auto mechanic and a bartender and a janitor at Harvard."

"I've finally learnt how to say, 'No comment'. To appear in the tabloids is a real learning curve and a steep one at that. You had better learn quick or you get burnt."

"I grew up in a home environment where I wasn't getting esteem for anything I did."

"Marriage hasn't been my thing. But gay people, knock yourselves out!"

"He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted."

"To conquer fear is to realize that hope is the anchor of a weary soul."

"So farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear, Farewell Remorse: all Good to me is lost; Evil be thou my Good."

"Fortitude is the quiet voice at eventide saying: I will try once more tomorrow. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."