I can see you in the kitchen bending over a hot stove, and I can't see the stove

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well I have others.

If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

[He] may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he really is an idiot.

The books. Are unhappy.

All art is but imitation of nature.

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

When Robert Benton was doing the movie 'In the Still of the Night,' I'd choreographed the auction scene and supplied the paintings and had a bit part - I was bidding against Meryl Streep.

Having everything is just an expression of complete inner freedom.

We don't pay judges to think; we pay judges to rule on the law.

I remember when I was 11, I did some Kung-fu demonstrations in Hong Kong in 1974.

Just looking at pictures used to be considered cheating. No longer. The graphic novel is booming. Comics, heavily illustrated texts, books with no words are now accepted as reading.

I began to learn acceptance, direction, understanding and perception - all elements that had been sadly lacking in my life.

Country has been a wonderful outlet for me.