It's the 'National Enquirer' for the ad people

That's the way it goes with the whole human thing - nobody wants to take a risk. But to be entertaining is not risky, everybody likes to be entertained.

I consider myself a Chicagoan. I came here to study at the Art Institute in 1951 when I was 18 years old, and I've been here ever since. I still think Chicago is the best city in the country.

There is a certain mysticism in the Christian's affirmation of the physical universe. There is a confidence that whatever is discovered conforms with Jesus Christ and is a manifestation of His will.

I’m actually pale blue: it takes me a week of sunbathing to turn white.

That state is a state of slavery in which a man does what he likes to do in his spare time and in his working time that which is required of him.

You can't keep wanting to be 20 years old. Everybody knows that, but what's in the next room?

I thought, I need to be more cautious about my choices - it reflects on who I am.

Altruism is a barbarism. Love is the word.

I never know why these people talk to me. I would not talk to me.

In the '90s, indie movies could get financing, because financers gave money straight to directors... Now it's a different system. Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system.

You know, when you're an actor, you want to go to Hollywood. When you're a musician, you want to go to Nashville.

None of us are as creative as all of us.