I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.

To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.

The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country's immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically.

I also have intense relationships with furniture... probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.

I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.

I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.

New York critics - I hear when one of them watched "A Star Is Born", he talked back to the screen.