You can even say that I hated myself at certain periods. I was too fat, or maybe too tall, or maybe just plain too ugly ... you can say my definiteness stems from underlying feelings of insecurity and inferiority. I couldn't conquer these feelings by acting indecisive. I found the only way to get the better of them was by adopting a forceful, concentrated drive.

Who thinks you're as fantastic as your dog does?

I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.

There is a science of war, but how strange that there isn't a science of peace. There are colleges of war; why can’t we study peace?

I speak for those children who cannot speak for themselves, children who have absolutely nothing but their courage and their smiles, their wits and their dreams.

For entertainment, a party bears no one in as much as those who are not there. ­

When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over.