Neckties satisfy modern man's desire to dress in art.

The biggest challenge in New Orleans has been to find workers who can climb a ladder after lunch.

Every fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying.

Old muleskinners told how the mules were waiting at the shaft when they arrived each morning. They wanted relief from the heat, deerflies and mosquitoes just like the men.

But I'm very thankful that no one is slamming my head against the wall anymore.

I'm not Hollywood. I'm a Quarter Rat. I belong here.

I am richer than Davy Crockett. I can settle back and do what I want to do. And what I want to do is card tricks and magic.

Pornographers subvert this last, vital privacy; they do our imagining for us. They take away the words that were of the night and shout them over the roof-tops, making them hollow.

When I left 20th Century-Fox to freelance, my agent believed that getting big money was the way to establish real importance in our industry.

One of the main goals of self-education is to eradicate that vanity in us without which we would never have been educated.

God deserves the best from us.

Man have to have friends even in hell.

Hip-hop is the last true folk art.

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

So,” I said at last, staring at my hands. “How’s, uh, your car?” “I left it out on the street. Figured it’ll be fine there while I’m gone.

I used food to make myself feel better, but I felt worse when I ate.

I'm a perfectionist. I'm very critical, especially artistically.