"Doing a background check is still a very manual process, because the government agencies that create the records are largely paper-based systems. I'm not going to deny that there are errors, because in any system that involves human beings or technology, there are going to be errors."

“There is one grace you cannot counterfeit . . . the grace of perseverance.”

“If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner...if I let it slip from my tongue, I am ITS prisoner.”

“I've always loved life, and I've never known what's ahead. I love not knowing what might be round the corner. I love serendipity.”

“Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.”

“Art is a weapon for me, with which I can strike back.”

Source : Interview with Marc Kayser, Quest, Berlin, March 2004.

“Everybody had to be thoroughly understood before being accepted.”

“Women love hairy men. Cavemen were the sexiest men in history.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Your eyes were too intense to stare into for long.”