I'd never yell, "Good luck!" at anybody. It sounds terrible, when you think about it.

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.

She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.

One day a long time from now you'll cease to care anymore whom you please or what anybody has to say about you. That's when you'll finally produce the work you're capable of.

Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.

Things had improved after he was born. We both loved him with such fervor that it was impossible that some wouldn’t splash back on us.

You can see your thoughts and emotions arise & create space for them even if they are uncomfortable.

It is either Christ or chaos.

I don't worry whether the period is contemporary or three hundred years ago. Human beings are all alike.

I am not a violent person. I actually don't like to hurt people.

That was only the beginning - where one burns books, one will finally also burn people.

I don't think that care homes are all rotten old places that ought to be shut down.

Sundance is a really special place. They're very protective of movies, especially lower-budget movies.

If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it.

There is something wrong with a government that makes women the legal property of their husbands. The whole system needs changing, but men will never make the changes. They have too much to lose.