I take lots of vitamins, but I don't think that's what keeps us going.

It's scary times for humanity, it seems. But as my octogenarian father tells me, "The world has seen harder times, and the world will survive." The arc of history is long, and the mess we're currently making is just a blip.

I have a lot of regrets, but I'm not going to think of them as regrets.

You always fall for the rascal or the guy who's got a little bit of the devil in him. You can't help it.

I think that G-O-D is like the answer to a formula for creat­ing life. Or some kind of energy or anti­gravity. It's like the answer to an equation and it's become mythical over the years. But at one time we all knew what it was. I don't know when it was exactly, but that was the ancient knowledge. It's become diffused as it was handed down and turned into myth.

I always work on New Year's Eve, no matter what.

And I wasn't convinced that I was the most talented person in the world.