"What is a normal childhood? We weren't rich, we were pretty middle-class. My dad survived from job to job; with him taking care of so many relatives, he couldn't save any money."

"When friends asked me, Can we help? I'd say, Not unless you can alter time, speed up the harvest or teleport me off this rock. I used that line from Star Wars."

"As kids we're not taught how to deal with success; we're taught how to deal with failure. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If at first you succeed, then what?"

"Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them."

"Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator."

"Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you."

"I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism."

"Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are."