“Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads toself-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt,that's real power.”

“Take your work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously”

“Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left.(Interview, Time Magazine, February 20, 2005)”

“Maybe I`m getting to the age when I`m starting to be senile or nostalgic or both, but people are so angry now. You used to be able to disagree with people and still be friends. Now you hear these talk shows, and everyone who believes differently from you is a moron and an idiot - both on the Right and the Left. ”

“If you save your breath, I feel like a man you can manage.”

“First, I blow a hole in your face; then I go back inside, and sleep like a baby... I guarantee you.”

“Overnight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people.”