I have enough money to get by. I'm not independently wealthy just independently lazy I suppose.

Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy.

I don't want to be labeled as either a pansy or a heterosexual. Labeling is so self-limiting. We are what we do - not what we say we are.

The closer we come to the negative, to death, the more we blossom.

Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.

Nobody ever lies about being lonely.

Noah, from 'The Young Lions' (1958), was the best performance of my life. I couldn't have given more of myself. I'll never be able to do it again. Never.

If a man don't go his own way, he is nothing.

Look, if you're playing Romeo and your Juliet is a pig, you find something you can love about pigs!

James Dean's death had a profound effect on me. The instant I heard about it, I vomited. I don't know why.

A man should be what he can do.

Human beings tend to be unable to estimate how biased they are.

Do not complain of life's unfairness. It is never fair - at best it is impartial.

According to the most trustworthy statistics the number of adult Dullards in the United States is but little short of thirty millions, including the statisticians.

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth lies elsewhere

The actual cheerleaders in our film are all Broadway dancers.

I've also found that at the bottom of all of these qualities is love. If you have enough love you have enough courage, enough love then you have patience.

Most people in America understand that the rich people hire good accountants and figure out how not to necessarily pay all the taxes.

You only live once, and I just don’t want to waste a minute of my life.

If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong.

Life really is like a grindstone, in that it will either grind you down or polish you up.