It's fantastic because I've been living thousands of lives, not only my life.

Marriage functions best when both partners remain somewhat unmarried.

I never felt scandal and confession were necessary to be an actress. I've never revealed my self or even my body in films. Mystery is very important.

I'm no syllogism incarnate, but my wife makes me look like Immanuel Kant.

What's incredible is that I'm 75 and still working.

It is with passion and dedication that I will be attentive to the needs of women and fight relentlessly for their rights

But Sergio Leone invented totally the way of, you know, the details, the eyes, the hands - fantastic.

And also, Sergio Leone was considered in Italy a director of category B, not a big director.

And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie.

All Bette's stories have happy endings. That's because she knows where to stop. She's realized the real problem with stories—if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death.

I knew that I would know more dead people. The bodies pile up. Could there be a space in my memory for each of them, or would I forget a little of Alaska every day for the rest of my life?

I can barely read my hand written notes, typed.

A formal and orderly conception of the whole is rarely present, perhaps even rarely possible, except to a few men of exceptional genius.

Infectious Disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world.

We must respect the atmosphere which surrounds the human being

I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.

I dislike frontiers, political or intellectual, and I find that ignoring them is an essential catalyst for creative thought. Ideas should flow without hindrance in their natural course.

The difference between children and adults is that they're shorter - not dumber.