I resist all established beliefs. My religion basically is to be immediate, to live in the now.

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.

The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.

Human beings are always going to find interesting ways of making a mess of their lives. It's human nature.

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

Men dominate because of physicality, and thus they have mercy where women do not.

All I know, all I can comprehend of the mathematics of a life, are the times your hand is inside my hand, and the times it is not.

To challenge humanism in any field, you must possess a uniquely biblical view of God, man, law, and time.

A lack of knowledge creates fear. Seeking knowledge creates courage.

I needed to hate someone and you’re the one I love the most, so it fell on you.

The opposite is beneficial; from things that differ comes the fairest attunement; all things are born through strife.

Readers need to see themselves between the lines of the story.

The ability to negotiate with other people without friction and argument is the outstanding quality of all successful people.

Be grateful for what you already have, and you will attract more good things.

Nothing would improve newspaper criticism so much as the knowledge that it was to be read by men too hardy to acquiesce in the authoritative statement of the reviewer.

Advise for anybody - enjoy what you are doing, enjoy the process of learning and don't be impatient.