Maybe it's that I'm naive, but I don't think of myself as an age.

Being married, I would say most relationships are pretty codependent in some ways.

I wanted Raging Bull. I wanted Casino. I got Rocky and Bullwinkle. But that's OK, because I still get to tell people I've worked with Robert DeNiro.

Do I get up some days and feel competitive? Sure. Do I get up some days and feel afraid? Of course. But...I have real moments of joy now, and I know it will continue.

I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different.

I envy my daughter's childhood.

I always go into a film situation depressed and fearful.

I don't know much about sports.

Every day, every birthday candle I blow out, every penny I throw over my shoulder in a wishing well, every time my daughter says, 'Let's make a wish on a star, ' there's one thing I wish for: wisdom.

If I had to design a career for myself, I would have done comedy.

I have nothing against younger women and older men on screen. What is sad is that so many women over 40 who have so much to give aren't being considered to play opposite men their own age or younger.

A happy one will do her best to make you happy but a pathetic one will convert your life to a pathetic one

A tourist is a fellow who drives thousands of miles so he can be photographed standing in front of his car.

Dowling Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

How to sustain the miracle Of being, that like a muted bell, Or like some ocean-breathing shell, Quivers, intense and still?

Every life, even the best ones, ends in sadness. Books hold out hope that things may end otherwise.

It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.

I served two tours in Iraq, in the Marine Corps.

I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs, however much I may be proud of such customs.

We are speeding up our lives and working harder in a futile attempt to buy the time to slow down and enjoy it.

America will never move forward if you decide to leave a nation of people behind.