people who ran away are friends!

Once you tell somebody a story, you are all in the same world and you can all speak to each other about the same things and understand the same things.

My dear, you are not one person. You have many people in you, and each one can ask only some kinds of questions.

Dismiss any thought that leads to discouragement.

This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.

I believe, firmly, that women are always right. Ah, I should actually rephrase that: I... don't.

Nothing wrong with shooting...as long as the right people get shot.

I approach directing from an actor's standpoint.

So I step into the future, as bravely as I'm able, with my heart longing for a time I'll never see again.

The life prospects of an American are more dependent on the income and education of his parents than in any of the other advanced industrial countries.

If you use Hollywood as the test tissue for mankind, what could the prognosis be?

Sometimes you need to go on a low-information diet.

I think people - what people want to do is make [economy] get worse.