It's a good thing [James] Dean died when he did. If he'd lived, he'd never have been able to live up to the publicity.

The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.

I gave up drinking once -- it was the worst afternoon of my entire life.

(On Bette Davis) Even when I was carrying a gun, she scared the be-jesus out of me.

Ain’t nothing a man can’t do if he believes in himself.

What's at the end of a million dollars? Zero, zero, zero... nothing. A circle with a hole in it.

Rick: Here's looking at you, kid.

Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains!

A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz.

All you owe the public is a good performance.

The only reason to make a million dollars in this business is to tell some fat producer to go to hell.

When all else fails, dress beautifully and throw your food.

For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.

I love to talk about people I've met being an entertainer. All my encounters in life - I roll it all into an hour and 30 minutes.

So far I've done two films that have basically been about television because I know that world.

Nixon represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character almost every other country in the world has learned to fear and despise.

Boredom, Timothy Duane assured me, is nothing more than anger without passion.

... Our ability to reason has not given us special status, only a greater responsibility.

I'm not a traditional sonero, at least not in the way they want me to be, I'm an interpreter, and I reach people in a different level.

Life would be so much harder if I had to lie about who I was.

Ive learned the truth in these sayings: Luck is when opportunity meets preparation and The right project will find you.