I'm a 9/11 Republican.

I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of. It's about character, it's about behavior. They understand things about people that I simply don't see.

I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing will change

The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on a massive scale just about unknown before

Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights.

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill.

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity

I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It also provided a context in which I came to respect what the actor did, because I saw how difficult it actually was to do.

I was immature the way I handled the business. I saw myself as a tribune of the people.

Crows don’t take from you, ” Dean said. “They give your soul wings.

Self-doubt imprisons those that never overcome it.

The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness. And in the taste destroys the appetite. Therefore, love moderately.

Sentimentalist” is the abuse with which people counter the accusation that they are cruel, thereby implying that to be sentimental is worse than to be cruel, which it isn’t.

As a child I was always taking things apart. My idea was that I was 'fixing' things, but I guess I was breaking them really.

Anyone who criticizes you cares about your friendship. Anyone who makes light of your faults cares nothing about you.

I can't really do the running on hard ground that I used to do. Instead I go swimming as often as possible.

I cannot understand why some people try to write a history of photography that is separated from the history of modern art.

You were the best friend I ever had, Allie. I'd still like to be friends, even if you are engaged, and even if it is just for a couple of days.

To have a mind full of peace, merely fill it full of peace. It's as simple as that.