I can't imagine any one more delightful to sit and talk with about movies on a regular basis.

I think one thing that always attracted me to movies was the personalities. I went to movies not because the stories necessarily appealed to me, but because of the people in them.

There are not that many people in the movies today that really make me go out and buy a movie ticket.

I'm very enthusiastic about the Academy Awards because if there were no Oscars, we wouldn't have as many good movies as we do have.

The press today is full of people who are not qualified and not trying very hard to be good reporters.

America once had the clarity of the pioneer ax.

It's hard to be reverent today when directors make films that are not as good. There will be time later, though, when their lesser films are forgotten and just focus on the greatness.

The closest to Hepburn is Cate Blanchett.

I think 'Elf' is funny, with Will Ferrell. That's a great Christmas movie.

My folks were busy. My dad was a teacher, and it was during the Second World War, and my mother was working. So I got my stories from films and books. I read a lot, and I love to read to this day.

I would prefer to have one comfortable room well stocked with books to all you could give me in the way of decoration which the highest art could supply.

Think about the suffering we cause ourselves internally through getting angry or jealous.

Sometimes you recognize that there is a category of human experience that has not been identified but everyone knows about it. That is when I find a term to describe it.

I always loved cooking, from an early age. I kind of wanted to be a chef.

I want to make sure I'm not a dilettante. Decorating has been a passion all my life. I love it.

Things which sound like platitudes become vital, living and powerful when you have to learn them in the bottom of the barrel, in dark tunnels.

I don't see myself as the boss. I sing and write the songs, and it would feel strange if somebody else wrote the lyrics I sang.

[John] Adams never hid his jealousy and resentment of the other Founders, especially Benjamin Franklin.

Actions defined a man; words were a fart in the wind

Now comes the big question: What are you going to write about? And the equally big answer: Anything you damn well want. Anything at all .... as long as you tell the truth.