I hope I go to Heaven, and when I do, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does when he gets there. He looks around and says, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'

The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around.

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.

Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.

I sometimes worry about my short attention span, but not for long.

Isn't it nice that people who prefer Los Angeles to San Francisco live there?

A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams.

San Franciscans have a bond of self-satisfaction bordering on smugness.

It is better to have loved and lost, but only if you have a good attorney.

There are a thousand viewpoints in the viewtiful city.

All American cars are basically Chevrolets.

The warrior of the night is a wondrous soul.

life is a question unanswered till its end

The more I see of men, the more I like dogs.

If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally.

Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of their faith in the orderliness of the universe.

I want a new drug, one that won't make me sick. One that won't make me crash my car, or make my head three feet thick.

Already, China has undermined U.S. foreign policy in efforts to gain access to oil resources in Iran and Sudan. We simply cannot separate the political and economic values of oil.

Just the fact that I'm in the game is great. I'm just blessed to be working. I got a plan, but I'm humble and I try to be humble.

If I don't get at least 1 email in any given hour, I begin to think my friends are conspiring against me.

Racial discrimination does not always violate public policy.