The New York Daily News suggested that my biggest war crime was not killing myself like a gentleman. Presumably Hitler was a gentleman.

There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, I said, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.

Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.

The hare of history once more overtakes the tortoise of art.

There is nothing left of him but curiosity and a pair of eyes.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

Few people ever kill for the right reasons.

Things only looked wrong when there was someone to see you.

It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.

More immediately, I'm currently working on another Dracula in which there will be connections with ancient Egypt. That's about as far as I want to go in commenting on current work.

Madame de Stael talks herself into a beauty.

When things go wrong, I just think: It's part of the journey.

That's probably why my face was looking so crazy when I was crying [in "Hardball"] because it was some real.

I didn't come to Hollywood. Hollywood came to me. A lot of people wish they could say the things I say. Everyone out here is so phony, it's sickening.

All peoples everywhere should have free energy sources.

Sexual pleasure is not a sin. Nor is it a sacrament. It is your right as a human being to exercise as you see fit. It's amazing that I feel the need to say this, but, given our times, I do.