Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more.

The biggest lie is the lie we tell ourselves in the distorted visions we have of ourselves, blocking out some sections, enhancing others. What remains are not the cold facts of life, but how we perceive them. That's really who we are.

You'll never see Spartacus in a (expletive) chair!

You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.

I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.

Now, why is it that most of us can talk openly about the illnesses of our bodies, but when it comes to our brain and illnesses of the mind we clam up and because we clam up, people with emotional disorders feel ashamed, stigmatized, and don't seek the help that can make the difference.

I have always been grateful that my Russian mother and father came to this country to give me a better chance, and I have had a better chance.