Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

If you presume to love something, you must love the process of it much more than you love the finished product.

There is nothing more gracious than genuinely embracing other people's good fortune. It will work for you when your time comes.

Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.

God's got something for me. I have faith it'll be OK.

Directing is a very long process, and I have to be in love with it if I want to give up two years of my life and live with it from beginning to end!

One must love humanity in order to reach out into the unique essence of each individual: no one can be too low or too ugly.

Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.

Mercury emissions will continue to harm the environment and to endanger the health of children and pregnant women, until this Administration puts public health before politics.

I've always been a deep thinker. Since I was a kid I was delving into the very depths of why we existed, often driving my parents crazy with unanswerable questions.

When I sit here and see that the eight brothers from the neighborhood that I grew up with still have success, it had to be magical.