Women. They're irresistible that's for sure, and they love to remind us that they are the keepers of our desires.

When you come to a detour, take it.

She wants to drive me crazy so that I’ll want her even more. She’s teasing me. That’s what women do. You ever heard of a man doing this? Course not.

People who develop the habit of thinking of themselves as world citizens are fulfilling the first requirement of sanity in our time.

There is always that choice, the light or the dark

... the objects which we admire have no absolute value in themselves...

Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.

It seems to me that the price of eternal vigilance is liberty.

As a kid I was enamored with fiction, most of it utterly forgettable and long forgotten.

I can assure you that next to my bed, there is always a copy of the Dharmapada which I read from every night.

If you buy the why, the how is infinitely bearable

As an actor, I look at scenes much differently than I would look at them as a director, and I never realized that until it actually happened.

In the enemy's territory, be as silent as the owl's wings; in friend's territory, be as cheerful as the nightingale's songs.