An oldtimer is a person who's had many interesting experiences, some of them true.

What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming.

I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself.

I've been hounded by a reputation of being difficult when really what I'm being is truthful and honest. And I think that's been a thorn in my side.

I never dated much. I dated one girl before my wife, and that was it.

Bloodshed begets bloodshed. Hatred begits hatred.

How can I, who was not able to retain my own past, hope to save that of another?

I'm an old guy. I've been doing this a long time. And I don't hustle and I don't bustle. I have seen the people who hustle and bustle, and they are already gone, at a young age.

The Chinese five-spice works really well in the quantity that I used. It makes it almost imperceptibly just a little bit sweeter without making it really sweet or really even that Asian flavored.

Shakespeare will never be made by the study of Shakespeare.

I spent all of my money on film. I remember I would do these set-design jobs or transcribe or just anything to get, like, a $100 check and go immediately to Adorama and buy expired film.