The media can make anything true or untrue. So if you do 80 films and you play a bad guy ten times, then you're a bad guy, and then the media repeats that.

Failure's a natural part of life.

I've permitted myself to learn and to fail with some regularity. And that is probably the one thing I was given, and that I'm still grateful for.

And may the best of you - for it will only be the best of you, and even then only in the rarest and briefest moments - succeed in framing that most basic of questions, 'how do we live?'

Nothing you do particularly matters. But I'm not sure that's a great excuse for doing it poorly.

I don't have a saviour or a royal family.

Art is not disposable. If you want it, you have to hold it and smell it and touch it and read the credits and enjoy it and put it on your wall.

Imagine how asleep or utterly unperceptive and clueless you would have to be not to see yourself as absurd for the most part.

I'd hate to see any film I'm involved in fail, especially artistically but also business-wise.

I think 1973 was the nadir of fashion. When you watch the coverage from that era, you're struck by the astonishing ugliness of the clothes.

It's not a gift of mine, but one given to me, to be able to criticise myself and not be crushed, by myself or by others.

Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation.

Noble self-restraint must have something to restrain.

Don't worry, all is well. All is so perfectly, damnably well.

Lust is the blessing of the fruit of the womb.

It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

If you're going to draw a comic strip every day, you're going to have to draw on every experience in your life.

Least of all shall we preserve democracy or foster its growth if all the power and most of the important decisions rest with an organization far too big for the common man to survey or comprehend.

I also like to get out there to promote a positive message about the importance of family and faith and of doing the right thing.

Often, instead of offering empathy, we have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling.

I know where the mistakes are. Nothing is perfect and I understand that.