You take every opportunity given you in this world, even if you have too many opportunities. One day, the opportunities stop, you know.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

There's something about putting on a pair of skates, and getting out there and moving like nobody else can. Freedom is a word that comes to mind.

We evaluate, measure, and describe this world from our own point of view, but how does a tree see the world?

In a nutshell, the difference between Christianity and all other belief systems is who you're putting your trust in: in Christ, or in yourself?

A problem well-defined is a problem half solved.

I certainly know German colleagues in the US who try to be Americans, try to melt into Americanism, even before they get married and become American citizens. But I've never tried that.

I murmured to Picasso that I liked his portrait of Gertrude Stein. Yes, he said, everybody said that she does not look like it, but that does not make any difference, she will, he said.

My parents were Muscovites. They worked at the Kaliber factory.

Nothing lasts-not even pain.

I would always play the baddie, incidentally.

You can always spot the pioneers by the arrows in their backs.