In fairy tales, ” her mother used to say, “no one ever says I love you. They give food and they kiss. That’s what love is made of.

The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in the realism of NOW.

I didn't cry. Real things don't make me cry. Only false or sentimental things can do that. In this respect I'm like most civilised humans.

A sage is a good teacher, but an even greater learner.

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.

I would have given my right arm to have been a pianist.

I had just won the lawsuit against Melrose Place.

I’ve been accused of ‘raping’ the audience in my films, and I admit to that freely — all movies assault the viewer in one way or another.

Wherever illiteracy is a problem, it's as fundamental a problem as getting enough to eat or a place to sleep.

I am the man of the century. No one will ever forget me.

You can only look forward as far as you can look back.