I don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it.

There will always be ladies who lunch. Always. And apparently they live a long time.

Fear is the base of what everybody does wrong in their lives.

I find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it all, whatever I do.

It gets tiring being a smartass.

I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.

This is a time in my life where I'm gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not.

I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.

if somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! you're wasting my time.

Everybody's got a sack of rocks.

I love holidays in New York. I love 'em. I want to celebrate something all the time and New York has holidays for every day of the week, practically. I like holidays in New York City.

Kids are important. The most important thing.

If you expect nothing, you can never be disappointed.

The people I worked with were bigger than life. Once you put them on the screen, they were huge.

I don't like to read novelizations of movies.

No man can be satisfied with his attainment, although he may be satisfied with his circumstances.

The Senate has unlimited debate; in the House, debate is ruthlessly circumscribed. There is frequent discussion as to which technique most effectively frustrates democratic process.

People must flatter their own eyes with their pathetic lives. The things I was saying followed logically the things that I had said before, yet bore no relation to what I was thinking and feeling.

All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party.

I think Hillary Clinton's a very clever politician but she would be too easy to stereotype the way John Kerry was.

There are so many different types of writers. It's just sheer coincidence that they're all called writers.