I don't like it when it stings, ' he said. 'Nobody does.

You asked me how to get out of the finite dimensions when I feel like it. I certainly don't use logic when I do it. Logic's the first thing you have to get rid of.

Her joke of a name aside, her general unprettiness aside, she was, in terms of permanently memorable, immoderately perceptive, small-area faces, a stunning and final girl.

I've never seen such a bunch of apple-eaters.

Look at 'em, ' he said. 'Goddam fools.' 'Who?' said Ginnie. 'I don't know. Anybody.

Do you think there could be a universe next door?

Vice president: That's the title given to a corporate manager instead of a raise.

The thing I'm the most proud of in my personal life is that my daughter actually thinks that I'm fabulous.

Having a little pee in your pants had to be better than being dinner for some redneck.

People who wouldn't think of taking a sieve to the well to draw water fail to see the folly in taking a camera to make a painting.

Silence is a beautiful fresh water tank to raise the trout of thought.

I think it is really important to be in some way provocative -- either intellectually or viscerally -- in the films one makes.

We remain committed to the conference and fully anticipate that the Big 12 will honor its commitment to Texas A&M.

Within each of us is a hidden store of determination. Determination to keep us in the race when all seems lost.

I speak for an art ... weary of its puny exploits, weary of pretending to be able, of being able, of doing a little better the same old thing, of going a little further along a dreary road.