Talent will come out.

I suppose when I was a kid, and I went to movies, and later went to some plays on my own when I got a little older, in New Orleans, where I was living then, I zeroed in on the actor.

But I would like to think that it's the actor that makes the difference in these cases. Not the director, not the guy that wrote the book, not the guy that adapted it for the screen, but the actor.

I should have been trying to build a career, rather than leaving it in the hands of somebody else.

I didn't study acting.

I have worked with some very great directors.

I don't see all the movies that come out.

I don't watch television.

Stripping her of her name had been almost as satisfying as removing her dress.

What we wear is the shell of who we are.

Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.

I really, really wanted to lose awareness of the here and now. The best way for me to do that was bury myself in a book.

Be a storehouse of happy memories.

She would buy magic every day of the week. Love me, that face said. I'm so lonely, so desperate. I'll give you whatever you want.

Having written Camp David as a drama, I could see the drama maybe a little more clearly when I wrote the book.

In waking a tiger, use a long stick.

You get a feeling on certain trails, when you're reacting like you and your machine are just one thing. It's the feeling of physical exertion and speed and technique all wrapped into one.

Joan organizes our social life, and on weekends I follow her around.