One of the good things about getting older is you find you're more interesting than most of the people you meet.

Tequila. Straight. There's a real polite drink. You keep drinking until you finally take one more and it just won't go down. Then you know you've reached your limit.

And once by God, I was a Marine!

I know my career is going badly because I'm being quoted correctly.

As soon as people see my face on a movie screen, they knew two things: first, I'm not going to get the girl, and second, I'll get a cheap funeral before the picture is over.

Ah, stardom! They put your name on a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard and you walk down and find a pile of dog manure on it. That tells the whole story, baby.

If your house burns down, rescue the dogs. At least they'll be faithful to you.

I only make movies to finance my fishing.

If I have any appeal at all, it's to the fellow who takes out the garbage.

Newman has it all worked out. I get a million. He gets a million two, but that includes $200,000 expenses.

There are two types of people: those that are going somewhere and those that ain't.

Art is the giving by each man of his evidence to the world. Those who wish to give, love to give, discover the pleasure of giving. Those who give are tremendously strong.

It is not logical that millions of modern adults and children around the world are suddenly becoming insulin resistant

Theater publicly reveals the human condition through appealing to both intellect and emotion. Architecture, whether lowly or exalted, can do the same.

Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.

Concepts differentiate architecture from mere building...A bicycle shed with a concept is architecture; a cathedral without one is just a building.

If I didn't have a sense of humor, how could I stand this trial now?

Sometimes I wish I was a woman, just so I could have an abortion.

For we are so preciously loved by God that we cannot even comprehend it.

Don't write love poems when you're in love. Write them when you're not in love.

I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.