No parent is there forever. So I won't be here forever with these kids.

I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead. They said all I was good for was playing Indians.

They say that age kills the fire inside of a man, that he hears Death coming, he opens the door and says, "Come in, give me rest!" That is a pack of goddam lies.

On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience.

I have a son in Barcelona whom I am madly in love with.

Having talent is like having blue eyes. You don't admire a man for the colour of his eyes. I admire a man for what he does with his talent.

I have lived in a flurry of images, but I will go out in a freeze frame.

Will no man ever do something without a why, just like that, for the hell of it?

A big talent steals, a small talent borrows.

I liked sculpting better than painting. You have more freedom in sculpting.

I love, love, love women.

We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out—and we have only just begun.

Writing is work. It’s also gambling. You don’t get a pension plan. Other people can help you a bit, but ­essentially you’re on your own. ­Nobody is making you do this: you chose it, so don’t whine.

I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.

If I had to describe my sense of humor, I would say it's contemporary wit, you know what I'm saying?

I rather go to see a good play than be in one.

The greatest lesson we can learn from the past. . . is that freedom is at the core of every successful nation in the world.

A cautious creative is an oxymoron.

continue to advance until you run out of ammunition. Then, dig in.

I'm very, very in touch with my emotions.

But if you loved me Why'd you leave me?