I'm old, I'm young, I'm intelligent, I'm stupid. My tide goes in and out.

How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.

That's all gone, now, the old, Hollywood.

You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.

Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.

Lenin said that people vote with their feet. Well, that's what's happening. They either go, or they don't go. It's all politics. It's all demographics.

I don't think there's anything to be admired in lying, cheating or philandering. But there might be something to be admired in not burning people at the stake because they have those weaknesses.

There are some people whom you have in life who have the capacity for real, passionate commitment to something, and sometimes you may be passionately committed to the same thing.

Government is not show business.

And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union.

Movies are fun, but they're not a cure for cancer.

Failure is inevitable, success is optional.

I've learned ruthless concentration. I can write under any circumstances ... street noises loud talk music you name it.

We've got to get people out of their cars, out of those drive-thru windows, get them walking, get them in parks and get them more active.

You don't have to gaze into a crystal ball when you can read an open book.

Can nothing change what is about to happen

The beauty is the balance.

I suppose if you could have only one thing, it would be that-energy. Without it, you haven't got a thing.

If I go a little over the top sometimes, don't worry; That's where all the sunshine is.

death ... is not a great affair! Think - it happens once only - to each of us - as birth does. What do you know about being born? that - and no more - will you know about the act of death.

The work of creation is never without travail.