Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.

They say the eyes are the window to the soul.

When you're an artist, nobody ever tells you or hits you with the magic wand of legitimacy. You have to hit your own head with your own handmade wand. And you feel stupid doing it.

Our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes - and I see many of them in the audience here today.

The English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite.

Westerns are very difficult to predict whether they'll reach an audience or not.

This is America - you're allowed to say and do what you want and what you say and do defines who you are as a person.

...the pain that comes from loving someone who's in trouble can be profound.

I think the bait for doing something really is always the part.

I know life is hard, I think everyone knows that in their hearts, but why dos it have to be cruel, as well? Why does it have to bite?

The book is not completely written until someone else has read it.