I am motivated by thoughts of my sorrowful little client and the screwing that he got. I'm the only lawyer Donny Ray has, and it will take much more than paper to slow me down.

Some people have more guts than brains.

There are few things in life worse than a long-winded lawyer.

life is too short to despise people who simply can't help what they've done.

Seven, Richie thought. That's the magic number. There has to be seven of us. That's the way it's supposed to be.

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.

Animals are good human beings and human beings are bad animals

I don't drink much anymore, because it's supposedly not good for me. I still have gallons of it around though. I smell the cork and do a lot of wishing.

There is an inverse correlation between the cleanliness of a bathroom and my 3-year-old daughter's need to move her bowels.

Fury from the heavens; fury at the gods - inseparable.

Americans, indeed, often seem to be so overwhelmed by their children that they'll do anything for them except stay married to the co-producer.

When I retire, I wanna be able to just lay back. Only way to make it happen is to be investing my money, not spending it.

The 'anti-globalisation movement' is the most significant proponent of globalisation - but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power.

I think that there is an air of experience and aesthetic sophistication that weaves in with the amateur aspects of the film [Dream of Life]; it gives the film a certain elegance.