It happens to be one of those days when I see everybody in the family, including myself, through the wrong end of a telescope.

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.

She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.

One day a long time from now you'll cease to care anymore whom you please or what anybody has to say about you. That's when you'll finally produce the work you're capable of.

Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.

An ancient gate, sealed by the powers of Light and Darkness, barred the way to the Pillars beyond. To depart this place and continue my journey, I would have to find the means to open it.

Religion means to know God and to love Him.

I love doing both theater and television.

In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.

I did not mind the public criticism. That sort of thing has not changed any program I thought was good.

I think that having love in your life does open up doors and other possibilities.

Hollywood style means classic glamour. My reference is the 1940s through the 1960s.

I'm gonna fix that last joke by taking out all the words and adding new ones.

No real change in history has ever been achieved by discussions.

We are living in a cultural dark age of musical pollution. You put the radio on, and five minutes later you need an aspirin.