Star quality is one of the most difficult things to describe. It emanates from the person, and he may not even understand it himself. It's a quality that separates the star from the rest of us.

The most important thing is the story. Not the script, but the story.

It wasn't easy once I started running 20th Century Fox. There were a lot of eyebrows raised, and it wasn't easy, that transition, because, you know, I had big shoes to fill and I was very young, 27.

These days, right now, these are the good old days. I've always approached it that way. That's why I'm still working. I'm not the guy who is ready to sit by the pool.

It would have been impossible to get 'The Verdict' off the ground without Paul Newman obviously, but today without any star, kind of a dramatic piece would be very tough.

I think the executives at the studios today realize that it's easier and safer to go the - to some known territory which is a remake of a successful film. It's less chancy than taking a fresh idea.

These last few years, working with Tim Burton, it's been the best time I've ever had.

The Sound of Music' did more damage to the industry than any other picture. Everyone tried to copy it. We were the biggest offenders.

I had a tough time 12 years ago getting 'Driving Miss Daisy' off the ground. Today, it would be impossible.

The voice of the archangel is the trumpet call of God.

What do I believe that I deserve in this life?

Like all living things, you were created for unlimited growth and possibilities. Keep growing. Keep changing. Be everything you were meant to be.

You may proclaim, good sirs, your fine philosophy But till you feed us, right and wrong can wait!

The reason conservatives cohere and radicals fight: everyone agrees about fears, no one about visions.

There's no greater lifestyle and no greater happiness than that of having a continual conversation with God.

I've been cataloguing samples for years, I have this massive library. Songs come out everyday so it's never ending.

The most effective way to achieve right relations with any living thing is to look for the best in it, and then help that best into the fullest expression.

Let frugality and industry be our virtues.

I'm instinctively a Conservative.