It's funny - people think analysis or psychiatry is mad, and THEY go to CHURCH.

Failure's a natural part of life.

I've permitted myself to learn and to fail with some regularity. And that is probably the one thing I was given, and that I'm still grateful for.

And may the best of you - for it will only be the best of you, and even then only in the rarest and briefest moments - succeed in framing that most basic of questions, 'how do we live?'

Nothing you do particularly matters. But I'm not sure that's a great excuse for doing it poorly.

I don't have a saviour or a royal family.

Art is not disposable. If you want it, you have to hold it and smell it and touch it and read the credits and enjoy it and put it on your wall.

Imagine how asleep or utterly unperceptive and clueless you would have to be not to see yourself as absurd for the most part.

I'd hate to see any film I'm involved in fail, especially artistically but also business-wise.

I think 1973 was the nadir of fashion. When you watch the coverage from that era, you're struck by the astonishing ugliness of the clothes.

It's not a gift of mine, but one given to me, to be able to criticise myself and not be crushed, by myself or by others.

Words are life. They can tear down or build up, so use them wisely.

Have you always been this skilled with women?" - Joseph to Iain

Men cannot for long live hopefully unless they are embarked upon some great unifying enterprise one for which they may pledge their lives their fortunes and their honor.

The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.

And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that. And New Orleans is one of them.

I'll tell you, there were only a few games in my career where I was totally oblivious to everything around me, where I was in the zone.

I was kind of a jock in school. Beauty wasn't something I spent a lot of time on.

Nothing succeeds like persistence. The common denominator of all successful people is their persistence.