I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.

I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer.

That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places.

Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit.

The studios have been taken over by marketing people and accountants.

Let's make Joe Lieberman accountable for his rhetoric. Not a penny more until he 'clarifies' his position to the satisfaction of our creative freedom.

Politics has become entertainment.

I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness.

My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.

I have my own religious bond with the God in my own head.

Every transaction has its process. Until you submit to it, you will always be living below potential.

It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.

Success is that place in the road where preparation meets opportunity.

Being of tall stature, it's rare to get a series regular role.

Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.

There are no solved problems; there are only problems that are more or less solved.

I'm going to be the Will Smith of the NBA.

Give me time" "For you, always.

We mourn the transitory things and fret under the yoke of the immutable ones.

Even the straws under my knees shout to distract me from prayer