With me it's always about first impressions.

I'm enjoying 40. Old enough to know better, young enough not to care.

A real man makes his own luck.

Every day is a surprise. There are confirmations of an interconnectivity and synchronicity which inspire, titillate and confirm the inherent comedy of the universe.

A wig is a wig is a wig.

One who knows nothing can understand nothing.

I paint abstract expressions.

I trust my instincts.

I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.

My best evenings are at home with my lady.

As one old gentleman put it, " Son, I don't care if you're stark nekkid and wear a bone in your nose. If you kin fiddle, you're all right with me. It's the music we make that counts.

Now as through this world I ramble I see lots of funny men Some rob you with a six gun Some with a fountain pen.

During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.

Science fiction is the sovereign prophylactic against future shock.

As an experienced editor, I disapprove of flashbacks, foreshadowings, and tricksy devices; they belong in the 1980s with M.A.s in postmodernism and chaos theory.

I do think I tend to be typecast, but it doesnt necessarily bother me.

The peace and beauty of a spring day had descended upon the earth like a benediction.

The way I'm going now is to focus on peace, to create peace. As Sister Corita said, "I don't go to anti-war rallies. I go to peace rallies."

Children are best corrected to the point of their understanding, not to the extent of a parent's frustration.

The sun comes into being each day from little pieces of fire that are collected.