A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.
My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.'
I wanted to do 'Texas Trilogy' on stage. But it didn't do well in New York. In fact, it did very badly there, thanks to the critics. It was said that Preston Jones, the author, died of ulcer complications, but the truth was that the critics killed him.
Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.
I have never said that people 'should' engage in armed attacks on the United States, but that such attacks are a natural and unavoidable consequence of unlawful U.S. policy.
It's been said that I am the most widely read writer of the 20th century. The number of books I've sold runs into untold millions.
Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly.
We said we would leave no stone unturned to get to Germany and now we are applying the same philosophy towards our tournament preparations.
If you're upset by something I said, you have bigger problems than you think.
I'm not going to get upset because somebody said something bad about me.
I looked at 'Us Weekly' and said, 'I want to be famous.'
I always have said that the most valuable thing I have isn't money; it's my time.
By the time I was successful with covers of 'Vogue' and 'Harper's Bazaar' and 'Vanity Fair' and the Lancome contract, someone asked how old I was. They almost fainted when I said 33.
They said this is Vanity Fair, and I said, Oh, I already take the magazine. They said Annie Leibovitz wants to take your picture and I thought, How nice!
I don't believe in vengeance. Really, when all is said and done, I probably don't believe in punishment.
I said no to Aston Villa because I was not ready. I said yes to Cardiff because I felt ready. But I was not.
I can't write a scene unless I've visualized it. Unless I can actually see it, and that's why a lot of reviewers have said my books are very cinematic, because I actually do see them before I write them.
Walt Disney always said, 'For every laugh, there should be a tear.' I believe in that.
Could I pass a week in the insane ward at Blackwell's Island? I said I could and I would. And I did.
One wants to entertain the audience till the end. Sometimes, the desire is never-dying, as ANR garu once said. The caveat is that one has to be watchful of public reception.
