"Dad gave me two pieces of advice. One was, "No matter how good you think you are, there are people better than you." But he was an optimist too; his other advice: "Never worry about rejection. Every day is a new beginning.""

“My worst memory is of my first dance lesson as a 14-year old in Prague. My mother put me in this silver and pink lame dress. My hair was all curled, and it was the first time I wore a garter belt. I felt so out of place!”

“Sustainability takes forever. And that's the point.”

“Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.”

“If E.F. Harriman paid me what he's paying those guys to stop me from robbing him, I'd stop robbing him.”

“That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.”

“I always stayed in tune with my own ambitions and attitudes and I'm still my intractable old self, for better or worse.”

Source : Leroy Neiman (2013). “All Told: My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, Bunnies, and Provocateurs”, p.121, Rowman & Littlefield

“Is any blogger out there saying anything—do they deserve First Amendment protection? These are the issues of our times.”

Source : "HUFFPOST HILL - 7,000,000 Congress Fans Can’t Be Wrong", www.huffingtonpost.com. June 5, 2013.

“I read mostly fiction, a lot of 19th-century novels.”