Don't bow down to critics who have not themselves written great masterpieces.

I am getting nowhere with you and I can't let you go and I cant get through.

You cannot be kind unless you have all the other virtues.

The observer of the soul cannot penetrate into the soul, but there doubtless is a margin where he comes into contact with it.

There is no greater gift than realizing the constant presence of the Divine and His Absolute Power to create and restore all things.

My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.

I die in almost every film I've been in.

I pray, what flowers are these? The pansy this, O, that's for lover's thoughts.

They say that politics is show business for ugly people, but as I always crack, what would I know about that? I like a challenge

That's one of the privileges of old age - you can give plenty of advice 'cause most folks think that's all you got left anyway.

Writing a novel in general is like trying to reach a mountain top you'll never quite reach - so you try again and maybe get a little closer.