I didn't intend to become an actor.

I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead. They said all I was good for was playing Indians.

They say that age kills the fire inside of a man, that he hears Death coming, he opens the door and says, "Come in, give me rest!" That is a pack of goddam lies.

On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience.

I have a son in Barcelona whom I am madly in love with.

Having talent is like having blue eyes. You don't admire a man for the colour of his eyes. I admire a man for what he does with his talent.

I have lived in a flurry of images, but I will go out in a freeze frame.

Will no man ever do something without a why, just like that, for the hell of it?

A big talent steals, a small talent borrows.

I liked sculpting better than painting. You have more freedom in sculpting.

No parent is there forever. So I won't be here forever with these kids.

Is there any fear in love?

Thanksgiving is recognition of a debt that cannot be paid. We express thanks, whether or not we are able otherwise to reimburse the giver.

...the Moon, the enemy of poets...("Merchant's Two Sons")

Without my family, I'd be something.

If January is the month of change, February is the month of lasting change. January is for dreamers... February is for doers -

My children's books are written on the belief that every child has a talent and a passion. Each story unfolds into an adventure of nurturing that confidence until a passion blooms.

Humor is the pensiveness of wit.

When I was first published it was like having people rushing in coming to find out where I was hiding. Scary!

If you can remember that stocks aren't pieces of paper that gyrate all the time --they are fractional interests in businesses -- it all makes sense.

I watched a lot of comedy growing up.