What will it profit this country if we... put our man on the Moon by 1970 and at the same time you can't walk down Woodward Avenue in this city without fear of some violence?

We hoped against hope that what we had been doing was enough to prevent a riot. It was not enough.

I knew you would do me good in some way, at some time--I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld you.

It is as great a thing to love as it is to be loved. Love is not something that can be wasted.

By the way, nothing I ever say, ever, has any truth behind it.

Even though I'm seventeen, I guess I still thought this would always be true - that there would always be that lost-and-found, and not the lost-and-still-lost that I am now trapped inside.

You can go to the doctor a million times if you're feeling down, and get nowhere, but if you go for a run it makes you feel really good.

it's difficult in Hollywood to be allowed to try anything. It's all a terrible compromise. There is no time for art. All that matters is what they call box office.

Movies' mistrust of capitalism is almost as old as the medium itself.

I'd prefer 1,000 followers, friends, and fans that actually meant something, rather than 10 million that weren't engaged.

Who will reach heaven? I do not know, but I am certain that no one will be there who does not feel at home.

The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute, that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the flash. What will spring up in a moment? Nobody knows.