Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other's differences: Short, tall; Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.

Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging.

Everybody's frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?

A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.

I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.

I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.