It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.
I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public.
In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute.
It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us it's the way people look and laugh, and run up the steps of omnibuses.
Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19.
The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers.
Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It's great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I'm not complaining,... Those who find growing old terrible are people who haven't done what they wanted with their lives.
No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.
Elizabeth Peyton, the artist known for tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant youth, is now painting tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant middle age.
Climate change is the Everest of all problems, the thorniest challenge facing humankind.
I've learned over the years that it doesn't matter where you pitch in the rotation. For me, preparation is everything.
If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.
Now, what produces a want of demand? A refusal to take from other countries the commodities which they produce.
You've got to keep your finger on the pulse of what your audience is thinking, and know what they'll accept from you.
Forty is better than 30. I have a better understanding of who I am, what makes me tick, what's okay and not okay.
I love New York - maybe more than Los Angeles or London. I think I'm happiest in New York.
I believe it is my duty as a performer to raise issues in the world of things we're afraid to look at.
I don't play computer games. What I do is yell at my secretary and say, 'Go on the Internet, and find this or that.'