We live in a world where you can walk into a bookstore and get a how-to guide on just about anything. But no one tells you how to die with dignity. No one tells you how to go out like the winner.

I have the incredibly good fortune of being able to make the majority of the work I produce in the world on my own with no one bothering me. It really comes entirely out of me.

I don't care about anybody's opinion - I care that my movies move you in a way to think about things and consider your own life.

I think that being an artist is more an approach to life than an approach to work.

The only shores you will never reach in life are those you have allowed yourself to believe, were too far.

There is always a certain peace in being what one is in being that completely.

Every day has been so short, every hour so fleeting, every minute so filled with the life I love that time for me has fled on too swift a wing.

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.

Humor is an escape, because you cannot think about your problems when you are trying to be funny; so, in essence, "being a humorist" gives you a valid excuse to hide from your pain.

When people treat you like nothing, you begin to feel like nothing.

Hitler is lonely. So is God. Hitler is like God.

Many is the mirage I chased. Always I was overreaching myself. The oftener I touched reality, the harder I bounced back to the world of illusion, which is the name for everyday life.

It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who don't even know your phone number.

There are some things to die for but none to kill for.