Nothi Quotes

(when asked if he ever wanted to act on the stage) "Not since I was at Grinnell. When I gave them the story that I was trying to do a Broadway play, I must have been desperate for publicity. I figured it didn`t matter what I said. I learned very early that nothing you ever say gets quoted verbatim by the press. So for many years I may have clammed up, but I guess I`ve reached an age where I don`t particularly care. Anyway, I talk."

If you focus on the money, you`re not going to get anywhere. You can want to be successful, but at the end of the day, if money is your motivation, if that`s how shallow your outlook is on life, then you`re going to be such an empty person. Because there`s nothing driving you from the inside -- there`s no passion...

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.

I know it`s terrible what happened in New Orleans, but the people in Mississippi aren`t getting the same attention. My dad lost everything that he didn`t pack in his car. I want to help the people of Mississippi. There are a lot of people there who have nothing now.