I've made forty-three pictures. Naturally I'm adorable in all of them.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

Never complain. Never explain.

I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter.

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.

I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

When you put together deep knowledge about a subject that intensely matters to you, charisma happens. You gain courage to share your passion, and when you do that, folks follow.

Virtue is an angel but she is a blind one and must ask of Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.

I'm attracted to short screenplays. Nobody really wants a film to be over two hours, or at least I don't.

I tried to start a theatre in LA and failed miserably, but I was probably not meant to raise money.

That something extra, I believe, is a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories. Advertisers like to be associated with those qualities.

I'm not a perfectionist. I'm just very observant.

I paraphrase Lord Rothschild: ‘The time to buy is when there's blood on the streets.'

If global warming is not contained, the West will face a choice of a refugee crisis of unimaginable proportions, or direct complicity in crimes against humanity.

My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split.

I don't think I could have dreamt it up any better than how things went, of being at my peak at just the right time, and have everything go my way.