I was an old man when I was 12; and now I am an old man, AND IT'S SPLENDID!

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.

There is nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different from the world inside your head.

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.

The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

Art is not only the desire to tell one's secret; it is the desire to tell it and hide it at the same time.

If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good

Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it -- every, every minute?

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.

I clung to the dream like a lifeline, the only thing worth keeping going for. That was why I had agreed to come here. I'd always said I would sell my soul for a pony of my own.

Upon my word, you five your opinion very decidedly for so young a person.

Begin somewhere you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

The moment you have subtitles and you have to speak Chinese, you already limit your global audience.

Christian theology can fit in science, art, morality, and the sub-Christian religious. The scientific point of view cannot fit any of these things, not even science itself.

Wisdom and peace come when you start living the life the creator intended for you.

For me a photograph is most successful when it doesn't answer all the questions and it leaves something to be desired.

Much as I like getting awards in Oldenburg, Germany and Torino, it's nice to get one in America.

The most difficult thing to do is drama.

If all those psychics know the winning lottery numbers, why are they all still working?