A democratic civilization will save itself only if it makes the language of the image into a stimulus for critical reflection — not an invitation for hypnosis.

In this place called Hell novels are written by people who don't read books.

Life, in my estimation, is a biological misadventure that we terminate on the shoulders of six strange men whose only objective is to make a hole in one with you.

You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.

There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late.

I just love scary stuff! I'm a huge horror buff.

Don't make excuses, don't blame the past. The rest of your life can be the best of your life!

I find a woman's point of view much grander and finer than a man's.

We must spoil our women, boy. A happy woman makes a happy home. An unhappy one makes us drink.

All times are dangerous times.

In college, I won the Irene Ryan; it's kind of like a collegiate Tony, which got my career going. I was honored. I won a fellowship to the Kennedy Center, and that's where I got my agent.