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.

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.

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.

Power is brilliant Beauty is madnessObsession is addictionPerfection is suicidal, I was born beyond the limits of an ordinary being. So honey make use of it I exist therefore to celebrate or to die.

But once in a while . . . I don't know. I feel so close, Rose. So close to the edge. Like if I allow myself one small misstep, I'll plunge away and never come back. It's like I'll lose myself.

The power that holds the sky's majesty wins our worship.

What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors.

It is very noble hypocrisy not to talk of one's self.

We play with enthusiasm and recklessness. We aren't afraid to lose. If we win, great; but win or lose, it is the competition that gives us pleasure.

Well, I'm a 14 handicap. Anyone who golfs knows what that means.

Since then I never pay attention to anything by "experts". I calculate everything myself.

It's real difficult to pin down directions. I just want to do collaboration-tape stuff.

Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.