If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.

There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and watch them eat.

Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

People change and forget to tell each other.

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.

Nobody knows what you want except you, and no one will be as sorry as you if you don't get it.

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.

We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world--the company of those who have known suffering.

As long as His Majesty is sick, I will move my bed to his chambers, the better to care for him.

He never wears a watch (his own rebellion against time, against watching).

If I'm working on a film, I'll do sit-ups for before I shoot. Like, 100 in the morning or something.

Wherever I go Being pretty causes problems.

I tried so hard with movies like Vertigo and Middle of the Night and others. I felt those would show me that it's only a matter of time before I'd find the right one to reach out and touch people.

Impossible situations can become possible miracles.

Guts win more games than ability.

I lead a very boring, normal life.

I believe that history is not made by cynics. It is made by realists who are not afraid to dream. Let us be these people.