When the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They'd never seen anything like that. They wanted to be like those actors and actresses, so the movies informed their behavior. A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.

Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.

Sold my soul. Bought these devil chains.

I'm working my way toward divinity.

I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes.

Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.

Humor disarms people. They don't feel threatened.