People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.

The idea that you can make love and not war really is pretty neat. That thing in Korea, the thing in Israel - that's all over the world. There must be a new way of thinking.

I think creativity is spiritual. I absolutely believe that.

I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.

The difficulty is capturing surprise on film.

With Connery, he does act. He is in complete command. He completely trusts the person first, then the instrument. I've worked with his son also, on a picture in Russia.

I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that.

As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow.

I'm just having a wonderful time. It's an interesting thing that I'm very comfortable with this material and I don't know why. Maybe it's because I did MacBeth.

Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.

There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.

One can never have enough socks.

The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.

I was terrible student at Michigan, terrible. Because there was too much else to do. I was learning form too many other sources to go to class.

It's important for me to sell a product that works.

The forces you are struggling with, that you feel are holding you back - are illusions. They are not real - they never have been. See only the good that you desire in your mind.

I don't own an inch of land, but all I see is mine.

Many of those engaged in a lemming-like march to the sea are proud of their individualism.

Everyones a hypercrit and if you don't agree you're a liar as well

I was a catastrophe at Science and Games, but the good thing about Quaker schools is that they encourage you in those subjects for which you show an aptitude.

Buying experience such as going out to dinner or taking a vacation increases our own wellbeing and the wellbeing of others. Experiences last while material purchases fade.