But nothing seems to do any good.

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.

Down these mean streets a man must go who is neither tarnished nor afraid

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur.

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.

There are two kinds of truth; The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The fist of these is science and the second is art.

It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

Let your love be the kindness to make a homeless person believe that a soul needs something more than just four walls and a ceiling.

I'm doing my best to be mindful about how I'm living: to be kind and patient, and not to impose a bad mood on somebody else. Being mindful is as good a way to be spiritual as anything else.

The movies I like are always movies where cinema is reinvented like if it was the beginning of cinema.

Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.

I usually call the new guy and let him know where I like to sit on the bus, tell him ways he can stay out of my way, make sure he knows not to touch any of my stuff.

Moving is hard. Staying is easy. Logistically speaking, at least. And this is true whether you're doing or undoing something.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

Your job is to get your audience to care about your obsessions.

Man keeps inventing things all the time.

It's really hard as a Canadian actor to make a footprint in the States, because of the visa stuff.