"Religious humor is not really my area, so I probably wouldn't do anything about that, or politics or something."

“I don't want anybody suspecting I am some sheep and part of the Washington D.C. establishment.”

“You should make an effort on stage because it's a performance. The stage should be glittery and camp, but I don't go down the shops in full stage gear.”

“Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.”

“Art is all about the experience. I could say I dont really relate to opera, but then you watch Placido Domingo, and you go, Blimey, look at that.”

“I think I always enjoyed the energy of a crowd, of being onstage. It started when I was even younger doing public speaking at school and just kept going from there.”

“Boldness be my friend.”

“It was the kiss by which all the others of his life would be judged and found wanting.”

“The human soul doesn't want to be fixed, it simply wants to be seen and heard. The soul is like a wild animal - tough, resilient and shy. When we go crashing through the woods shouting for it to come out so we can help it, the soul will stay in hiding. But if we are willing to sit quietly and wait for a while, the soul may show itself.”