I value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.

I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.

The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.

Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

Wonder is our need today, not information.

She had put on make-up in a colour scheme that indicated she might be colourblind.

Choice Theory explains that, for all practical purposes, we choose everything we do.

Have some pride, will ya? Begging someone to like you is so pathetic.

It can't have been fun to live with somebody whose brain was under siege.

Religion is not removed by removing superstition.

Manage by exception.Only require reporting when there is a deviation from the plan.

I write about times and places I would visit in a time machine, like ancient Rome or the Wild West.

Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.

Love alone makes us happy, because we live in relation, and we live to love and to be loved.

I am not fit for this office and should never have been here.