The Oscars are a lot different when you are a nominee. You walk around with this big smile on your face, and everyone, even people who work for rival film companies, tells you they voted for you.

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.

for I determined that if Death came he should find me ready

Life is a wave of love for a lover, a gift for a giver, a drama for an actor, and a canvas for a painter.

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built up upon a renunciation of instinct....

Fear clogs; Faith liberates.

You think the world owes you something, and it just doesn't work that way.

Dad trusted people based on their spirit and their handshake.

Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers.

[A]ll change, even very large and powerful change, begins when a few people start talking with one another about something they care about.

We live in the country, and I have a huge library there. When we go to London for the winter I never know which books to take. I never know what I am going to need. Thats the only disadvantage.

A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.