The closer we come to the negative, to death, the more we blossom.

Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy.

I don't want to be labeled as either a pansy or a heterosexual. Labeling is so self-limiting. We are what we do - not what we say we are.

Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.

Nobody ever lies about being lonely.

Noah, from 'The Young Lions' (1958), was the best performance of my life. I couldn't have given more of myself. I'll never be able to do it again. Never.

If a man don't go his own way, he is nothing.

Look, if you're playing Romeo and your Juliet is a pig, you find something you can love about pigs!

James Dean's death had a profound effect on me. The instant I heard about it, I vomited. I don't know why.

A man should be what he can do.

The thing that bugs me is the average woman's complete ignorance of the functional purpose of cosmetics, which is to supplement, not conceal.

Wherever there is peace, there is progress.

And I hope she does not live in a dark world. Because even the most terrible loss doesn't have to make you darker

Write. Write write write write WRITE. Write. Now.(This is an inspirational writing quote.)

Only by creating out of love will one achieve true greatness.

They (corporations) cannot commit treason nor be outlawed nor excommunicated for they have no souls.

I had a Tesla. I was one of the first cats with a Tesla. But I'm telling you, I've been on the side of the road a while in that thing.

Conservatism is pessimistic, with a negative tendency - which we mostly resist - towards despair. Liberals are optimists, with a negative tendency, rarely resisted, towards utopianism.

I recommend to you to take care of the minutes; for hours will take care of themselves. I am very sure, that many people lose two or three hours every day, by not taking care of the minutes.

Persistence is nothing more than Concentrated Effort mixed with Determination and Faith.

They say the universe is expanding. That should help with the traffic.