The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you dont have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore.

In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.

Sometimes you have to look into a mirror and look at the worst you could have been if you're ever going to know the best you were meant to be.

Bush and Cheney were not misled by flawed intelligence; they used the flawed intelligence to mislead.

The mere fact that you get a lot of seeds in a packet doesn't mean you have to plant all of them.

You've got to think outside the box. If you can't, that's going to put you behind the power curve in a big way.

I started dancing when I was three, Scottish dancing.

The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an audience for it. It's not a horror film, it's not a fantasy film, it's not a children's film - so what is it?

An object never serves the same function as its image - or its name.

Did the mass of men know the actual selfishness and injustice of their rulers, not a government would stand a year. - The world would foment with revolution.

I feel like I'm back visiting an old grandmother. She's crotchety and eccentric, but also elegant, and anyone who doesn't fall in love with her has no imagination.