There's no worse feeling in the world than realizing the play you've directed doesn't work.

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.

Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.

Grade is only a number. We are greater than numbers.

The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.

In a democratic society, the only treason is silence.

The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult it is to bring it home.

On stage I'm basically spiritually feeding all of these people in the audience, and making sure they're encouraged to connect with God.

In the attempt to make scientific discoveries, every problem is an opportunity — and the more difficult the problem, the greater will be the importance of its solution.

When I was a kid at first I wanted to own a candy shop. I guess every kid wants to - we just want to have access - free access.

When somebody says, Action, I act. When they say, Cut, thats my job. Ive done it.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.