I worked out a rather deep-dish theory defining the theater as a form of architecture rather than a form of literature.

That's one of the tragedies of this life - that the men who are most in need of a beating up are always enormous.

I did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay. It was probably harder for a regular director. He probably had to read the script the night before shooting started.

When the last dime is gone, I'll sit on the curb outside with a pencil and a ten cent notebook and start the whole thing over again.

The most incredible thing about my career is that I had one.

Now I've laid me down to die I pray my neighbors not to pry Too deeply into sins that I Not only cannot here deny But much enjoyed as life flew by.

I should have had the pickle.

You can't go around the theatres handing out cards saying, 'It isn't my fault'. You go onto the next one.

Film is the greatest educational medium the world has ever known.

We encounter many sacred souls while reading.

When I was in the gulag I would sometimes even write on stone walls. I used to write on scraps of paper, then I memorised the contents and destroyed the scraps.

There are many wise men that have secret hearts and transparent countenances.

Misprize common sense at your peril is my motto.

I'm a pop culture junkie. I'm a People magazine reader, an US Weekly subscriber; all of those celebrity magazines get my dollar.

What I have desired to do is to make the people of Boston realize that the most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.

If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best sweater.

They could've thrown a kitchen sink into the box and one of the guys would've headed it.

Too many are focused on rewriting the past, invent the future!

My hope is that every country in Latin America will make a significant commitment to supporting early childhood development programs.