"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people."

"I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time."

"Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions."

"Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem."

"It is a enduring truth that in the tapestry of human existence, every trial adds depth to the design — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation."

"I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism."