Reagan is described as "delivering Barry Goldwater's doctrine with John F. Kennedy's technique.

Warner Studios official in the era of silent movies: Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?

The inner drama is the meaning of the exterior event.

The greatest thing in all the world is loving. The second greatest in all the world is learning.

Fool! Nothing but black ink runs through my veins!

Nowadays what isn't worth saying is

I'm not sad about any of my life. It's so unconventional. It doesn't look anything like I thought it would.

It is with our Passions, as it is with Fire and Water, they are 'Good Servants,' but 'Bad Masters.'

Man is never watchful enough against dangers that threaten him every hour. [Lat., Quid quisque vitet nunquam homini satis Cautum est in horas.]

I did a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, and his skill level was eons ahead of mine. It was really more like an abattoir - he just slaughtered my character over and over again.

War is obsolete. We are not here to fight something or tear something down; We are here to be the example of what is possible. Any sane individual will tell you that violence is ... not the way.

When there's no experimenting there's no progress. Stop experimenting and you go backward. If anything goes wrong, experiment until you get to the very bottom of the trouble.