The young need old men. They need men who are not ashamed of age, not pathetic imitations of themselves. ... Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth.

I am convinced that it is of primordial importance to learn more every year than the year before. After all, what is education but a process by which a person begins to learn how to learn.

I have four children which is not bad considering I'm not a Catholic.

Books, I don't know what you see in them. I can understand a person reading them, but I can't for the life of me see why people have to write them.

I am an international citizen conceived in Russia, born in England, working in Hollywood, living in Switzerland, and touring the World.

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

I had started by imitating a parrot, which is unusual, in that a parrot is supposed to imitate you. By taking the initiative you allow the parrot no alternative but to be itself, which proves again that attack is often the best defence.