He couldn’t even jerk himself off: there was no one to give him permission to come.

You either serve at the foot of a king or he serves at your foot. There is one thing that can be counted on, the king will never willingly fall on his knees and serve.

I am always pleased when a sharp and talented mind stays seated until the fat lady sings in my misanthrope operas.

I learned a long time ago that these so-called adults are just tall children. There’s never been a king, president or Pope who hasn’t thought, if not said, “If the fools only knew.”

I always tell what I believe to be the truth. It is undoubtedly the most difficult, and freighting thing I’ve ever done, and I’ve done some extremely freighting things.

Americans have this habit of bragging about the US being a democracy, but they seem to want to dodge the responsibility for what America does. Why is that?