I won't quit until I get run over by a truck, a producer or a critic.

Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.

No matter how successful you get, always send the elevator back down.

Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.

Anything truly worthwhile does not come easy. If it did, it would not be all that worthwhile.

It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.

If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable.

Success is always somebody else's opinion of you; but it doesn't amount to a damn compared to your own opinion of yourself.

I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see.

If you've been fortunate enough to live out your dream in the profession of your choice, then you have an obligation to send the elevator back down.

Grow past your past and march past the flag of the past!

Relax and be refreshed.

When I write, I write obsessively. I try to pace myself, but some fires are too hot to put out.

You've got to be brave and you've got to be bold. Brave enough to take your chance on your own discrimination - what's right and what's wrong what's good and what's bad.

People change their opinion according to your position. And both politicians and bureaucrats begin to take you more seriously, as they suddenly feel you have become more important.

'Y' is about the weakest letter of all. 'Y' can't make up its mind if it's a vowel or a consonant, can it?

I knew I had to write a Mass of my own, but a real one.

The three things a guy should want to change about his girl is her last name, address and her viewpoint on men.

And you're not going to tell me she didn't make a move on you. At least test the waters." "The waters," he said, "were not receptive." "If they had been, I'd have drowned her in them already.

The Democrats right now are living in an alternative universe.