Nothing ever changes as far as Westerns are concerned. They are the same today as they were years ago.

William Holden and I weren't just good friends. He was my very best friend. I feel his loss very much still.

If they try to rush me, I always say, I've only got one other speed and it's slower.

Never give up. Take what life throws at you and throw it right back. If life keeps throwing then you have a tennis match going. Learn to like tennis.

You have to do what you fear, otherwise fear is in charge.

It really doesn't matter whether it's the villain or the hero. Sometimes the villain is the most colorful. But I prefer a part where you don't know what he is until the end.

An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to do would be to try and play Shakespeare.

I've never played anyone but myself on screen.

It feels good. It feels real good.

We have allowed corporations to decide the fate of the cities. We hardly speak of democratic development.

When I'm on camera, I have to do things pretty much the way I do things in everyday life. It gives the audience someone real to identify with.

Bad weather never stopped anyone from reaping a good harvest.

Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Why was I standing on the street when the window feel out of the building? Why did the bus run over me? Because it was my turn in the barrel, that's why.

I like to spend as much time with my friends and family as possible.

An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict

If we don't build our Spiritual Core our world is going to collapse.

Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.

I've got enough money to live me two lifetimes so I don't have to do nothing I don't want to.

WhenIWasYourAge: People were never "living with their disease." We cured them. Or they died from it.

Our treasures trifles seem, and all our life is dreaming, and the dreams themselves are dreams.