By the time the Oscars are on I'll be seventy. How many more chances am I going to have to get nominated for an Oscar?

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.

I have never seen it (Jaws 4) but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.

...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

It’s a lesson in life—don’t look back, you’ll trip over.

I'm every bourgeois nightmare - a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.

Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.

Some men just want to watch the world burn

I've always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.

Use the difficulties - if you can't avoid them

The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought: "That's what I want to do."

Whatever language we use use to describe healthy relationships, when we’re in them, we feel nourished by them, in body as well as mind.

He who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day ... needs to reorganize his life.

As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions.

I enjoy wording. Words for me are tangible bodies, visible sirens, incarnate sensualities.

There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.

The evolution in each of us isn't separate from each other.

I wonder if most people ever ask themselves why love is connected with reproduction. And if they do ask themselves about this, I wonder what answer they give.

I try to avoid giving advice.

A warrior who is prepared to fight must also be prepared to die.

The vain man makes a merit of misfortune, and triumphs in his disgrace.