"The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself."

“Perhaps a supreme form of charity may be exhibited by one who withholds judgment of another's acts or conduct, remembering that there is only one who can look into the heart and know the intent-and know the honest desires found therein.”

“I don't believe in anything, only in myself, but I respect all people who believe in something.”

Source : "The Ballad of Juan Gabriel : After a disadvantaged childhood, the singer-songwriter grew to become Mexico's biggest pop star. Now he gets as much pleasure from helping the orphanage he started as he does singing and hearing others do his songs". Interview with Enrique Lopetegui, articles.latimes.com. July 25, 1993.

“This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality. Embrace this moment, remember: we are eternal all this pain is an illusion.”

Source : "Song: 'Parabola'". 2002.

“It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading.”

“In my real life, both my bosses are gay. On the 'Real Housewives of Atlanta,' Andy Cohen is gay, everybody at Bravo is gay - we call them the gay mafia. Over at 'Glee' and 'The New Normal,' my boss Ryan Murphy is gay. On the show, my boss, played by Andrew Reynolds, is gay in real life. I'm surrounded by all my gay bosses.”

“If each of us is to feel that he or she is valued, this calls for more than public funding.”

“Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there’s a current and just stare into the water. I don’t fish, I don’t hunt, I don’t scuba, I don’t spear, don’t boat, don’t play basketball or football – I excel at staring into space. I’m really good at that.”

Source : "Iggy Pop: 'I was looking for an elegant coma'". Interview with Mark Tutton, edition.cnn.com. July 1, 2009.

“Do you remember a scene with Ryan and Ali playing in the snow? Well, that was improvised.”