One of the many troubles of growing older is that it gets progressively harder to find a famous historical figure who hadn't yet amounted to anything by the time he was your age.

The motivation of all artists is 'Look at me, Mum'.

I might be old, but I'm still desirable.

I can count all the lovers I've had on one hand...if I'm holding a calculator.

People either hate me or dislike me - but I realized that people aren't against you, they are for themselves. We're all prejudiced in favor of ourselves.

Self-pity is the most destructive of all narcotics.

I am half-Byronic, half-moronic; part-shaman, part-showman; half-Nazi, half-Liberace.