Every action has a reaction, everything we do or say has an effect.

To doubt is to deny yourself of your own existence.

Cruel irony, the poor man tormented with hunger feeds those who plead his case.

People like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves... they feel better then. They find it easier to live.

The end of a novel, like the end of a children's dinner-party, must be made up of sweetmeats and sugar-plums.

Cocteau is someone who has made such a profound impression on me that there's no doubt he's influenced every one of my films.

I think Ronald Reagan was the best President of my lifetime.

We at the U.N. have to take some of the blame, because we have not lowered expectations creating the impression we are here to save people, even when we have very limited resources.

Does anybody have a cigarette? I'm looking forward to that first smoke. I've been looking forward to [it] for about 30 years.

The must have it now mentality, was man's first step into the gorging of his natural home.

What I would tell girls coming up is just be yourself and don't let people get in the way.