The world is as good as you are. You've got to learn to like yourself first.

I really don't like to act. At the beginning, back in '51, I had to force myself to stick with it. I was real uncomfortable, real uncomfortable.

I hope you find what you're looking for.

I don't know why it (stardom) happened-but it's kinda nice. Maybe it's because I'm someone off the streets. Maybe people relate to me.

I don't want to talk about nonsense because it doesn't help me.

I deal with certain things in my work because of who I am. I make work in order to make people think.

Every time I start thinking the world is all bad, then I start seeing people out there having a good time on motorcycles. It makes me take another look.