As a means of supporting experiential element in film, once I begin to work on a particular movie I consider myself to be the tool of the director.

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.

The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.

Human beings are always going to find interesting ways of making a mess of their lives. It's human nature.

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

Men dominate because of physicality, and thus they have mercy where women do not.

That which you see in me is that which is in you. ~ Maitreya Miranda* ~

When I was young, it was an exciting time to be in New York.

I won’t snatch, harm, or scare to death people with you or use checking up on you as an excuse to cause trouble. You’re worse than my mother, Rachel.” “Mine, too,” Jenks muttered.

Here in Florida the seasons move in and out like nuns in soft clothing, making no rustle in their passing.

It's tempting to remember that the Tea Party had a peak and then the Republican Party establishment sort of beat it back down. And so these things are won in a day.

The most successful scientists in the history of the world are those who posed the right questions

I still come closest to success with drawing. When I use color the results are dubious, for these painfully gained experiences bear less fruit.

The English are always degrading truths into facts. When a truth becomes a fact it loses all its intellectual value.

No man loves life like him that's growing old.

One moment may with bliss repay Unnumbered hours of pain.