If you are a star in Hollywood then you are always a star in your eyes, but not always in the eyes of new directors for whom your great performances are always fading into the past.

Shared laughter creates a bond of friendship.

I've been married to one Marxist and one Fascist, and neither one would take the garbage out.

From the time she was born, until she was fifteen, I didn't know where I left off and she began. We were joined at the hip or the heart or the brain.

You dont need a love scene to show love.

What goes on between a father and a son, which is usually such a private matter, is that they are able to be honest with each other, and be honest with me, as a director. Its just remarkable.

Its a very good feeling to be around a man who thinks women are juicy.

This is our lives. The way to give it dignity is to tell the truth.

I know what you go through when you learn someone close to you has died.

I don't think I fit the Marilyn Maxwell mode.

When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of his life. Sidney had gone ahead of every other African American actor.

If you stand firm in the light, you can never be diminish by the doom of darkness.

I go where I want to go, I do what I want to do, and I am beholden to no one.

You have to feel the bite of the wind to appreciate the warmth of a winter coat.

Clary made fun of him about his new look; but, then, Clary found everything about Simon's love life borderline hilarious.

Some can go further than others.

The generality of friends puts us out of conceit with friendship; just as the generality of religious people puts us out of conceit with religion.

Honesty is always the best policy.

A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there.

I feel today's society is so judgmental.