Pictures were made to entertain; if you want to send a message, call Western Union.

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.

If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.

We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

A hospital is no place to be sick.

Ninety percent of the art of living consists of getting along with people you cannot stand.

I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.

From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.

If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.

A few steps into the trees, you glance back to see the snow has already covered your prints.

When the heart accepts death first, words you can trust are feelings you can take.

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

If you only get one song, it has to be Bullfrog Blues

I would very much like to make Westerns. I love Westerns. I've worked on many Westerns in my youth, in Spain and here, and I love working on them.

I don't like the way recording to digital sounds.

My spirit had been broken a bit over the years by my having to work on films I didn't love. Hollywood's a surreal place, and it really is an assault on your spirit.

Before 1980, it was basically illegal for U.S. banks to invent new products.

If you love someone, set them free.

There are no such things as curses; only people and their decisions