All colors made me happy: even gray. My eyes were such that literally they Took photographs.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

You will never get what you want in this world

When creativity is seen as more important than facts, we will find ourselves in a world where problems are solved more often than spoken of.

Never tell a mother how she has to raise her children and give no advice over their schooling, health or nutrition if you are not asked to.

When leaders know how to lead great meetings, there's less time wasted and less frustration. We have more energy to do the work that matters, realize our full potential, and do great things.

I view every film as a commitment to undertake a long journey.

As God took me through the journey that became the Bible study Breaking Free, He taught me to look for a common denominator among the things that triggered my destructive habits.

Oftentimes you walk on set and then suddenly you're in bed with someone who you've never met before.

I think after 1970 or so, after I sold Soul City, I took off for awhile and didn't do too many gigs.

Power, carried to extremes, is always liable to reaction.

I might have faults but I'm not a big head.