Like creating a masterpiece, quitting is an art: you have to decide what to keep within the frame and what to keep out.
You don't quit because you happen to be behind. You want to see how you do. And who knows? Maybe somebody will stumble.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
Sometimes I'll get to the end of a song, open my eyes and there's all these faces peering at me. It's quite horrifying.
Luckily there were no venomous snakes around Hoosick, N.Y., so I amassed quite a collection of milk snakes, garters, ribbons and ring-necked snakes.
I'd got over playing a character. People accepted who I was, and if I was incompetent and useless, they felt quite endeared to me.
A voracious gambler does not gamble until he wins, but until he loses everything, and a smart one knows when to quit.
Literally, I think I've quit acting three or four times, only for a few days. Maybe for a few weeks.
We are seeing lots of young people with melanoma. It's actually scared me quite a bit.
Quite possibly the only infinite power in the universe may be the human capacity for self-deception.
I feel like a lot of people would quite easily stab you in the back once they get what they want. And you see that in people.
The rise of the West is, quite simply, the pre-eminent historical phenomenon of the second half of the second millennium after Christ.
I don't why I was bullied. I was quite shy and skinny. Very nerdy, very bookwormish. I think I was just a target.
I'm so thankful for the Internet because actors and singers and performers now have a way to connect with their fans on a very personal level which I think is quite special.
I came into the Agency with a set of ideas and attitudes that were quite typical of people coming into the Agency at that time. You could call it liberal anti-communism.
I'm more embarrassed about some of the films that I've been in than I am about Playboy. Playboy I'm actually quite proud of.
There's a lot of things that are said on the American Idol message board. I quit reading them because most of the people are very mean.
Stand-up comedy is all you. It's your show, it's your game. You control every aspect of it - of that experience and that expression. There's really nothing quite as satisfying.
I quit 'Magnum' to have a family. It took a long time to get off the train, but I try very hard to have balance, and this ranch has helped me do that.
And actually, about three weeks ago, Micky, Peter and I were in Vegas at the MGM Grand. And we did about 12 shows in seven days. It was quite an experience.
And so I think that if the person has the funds, the network, and the equipment to do this, and also the experience, which is the key factor, then they can be quite deadly.
