Never treat your audience as customers, always as partners.

I think one day youll find that you're the hero you've been looking for.

I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too.

You have to develop a style that suits you and pursue it, not just develop a bag of tricks.

You must be oh-so smart, or oh-so pleasant. For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant...and you may quote me.

The great thing about the movies ... is-you're giving people little ... tiny pieces of time ... that they never forget.

Learn from the masters, learn from your contemporaries. Always try to update yourself.

Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight.

You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.

To the man who prays habitually (not only when he feels like it-that is one of the snares of religion-but also when he does not feel like it) Christ is sure to make Himself real.

Champagne's funny stuff. I'm used to whiskey. Whiskey is a slap on the back, and champagne's a heavy mist before my eyes.

Life is about learning new things and relearning old things.

Forgiveness is a promise not a feeling. When you forgive other people, you are making a promise not to use their past sin against them.

You've got an empire to run, I'm just your arm candy.

To the right person you will BE everything.

It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.

A love affair should always be a honeymoon. And the only way to make sure of that is to keep changing the man; for the same man can never keep it up.

Celebrity has its uses. I can always get a seat in any restaurant.

When I graduated [from Yale], I went back to Larry [Kramer]. But when I go to Yale reunions, there are still people who call me David.

Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies.

To me, the most important thing is, what do our customers think.