Memorable quotes of 2011

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Charlie Sheen: 'I'm tired of pretending I'm not special'Occupy protesters: 'We are the 99%'Rick Perry: 'Oops'Mitt Romney: 'Corporations are people'Mark Zuckerberg: 'The only meat I'm eating is from animals I've killed myself'Lars Von Trier: 'I understand Hitler'Omaima Nelson: 'I'm sorry I dismembered him'Natalie Portman: 'He totally wants to sleep with me!'Sarah Palin: 'Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel'Jerry Sandusky: 'I enjoy young people'

A feud with Chuck Lorre and a personal meltdown led the former "Two and a Half Men" star to engage in a <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-charlie-sheen-best-quotes-pictures,0,4201664.photogallery">nonstop conversation</a> with his fans and anyone else who would listen. Though fired from the hit CBS show in March, he said his former bosses had "picked a fight with a warlock." He also tweeted that he was "winning" and that his drink of choice was tiger blood. "I'm tired of pretending I'm not special," he said. "You can't process me with a normal brain."

Charlie Sheen: 'I'm tired of pretending I'm not special'

( Carlos Osorio/Associated Press )

A feud with Chuck Lorre and a personal meltdown led the former "Two and a Half Men" star to engage in a nonstop conversation with his fans and anyone else who would listen. Though fired from the hit CBS show in March, he said his former bosses had "picked a fight with a warlock." He also tweeted that he was "winning" and that his drink of choice was tiger blood. "I'm tired of pretending I'm not special," he said. "You can't process me with a normal brain."

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