Everybody has multiple personalities—at least three. We’re one person at work, another person in private, and a third person when we appear in polite society.

A novelist must believe he can outdo himself. Or his creative drive would die.

The writer’s job is to arouse emotions. The stronger the emotions the better.

I see dull people as projects ... to be reformed

Whatsa mattah allee time talkee talk bear business? Me no savvee bear business. You no like this Gloddam show, you go somewhere else.

With grace you can realise your goals.

I was through with sleep. I didn't like what it brought me.

If there can be a better way for the real world to include the one of images, it will require an ecology not only of real things but of images as well.

It's the chance of a lifetime in a lifetime of chance, and it's high time you joined in the dance.

Begin with the possible; begin with one step.

Those who go ahead provide a little light into the unknown.

There is a magic thing called 'tone' in a film, that the director must master and maintain.