The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.

I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.

The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.

Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

Wonder is our need today, not information.

A sense of accomplishment comes when you have completed the tasks for the goals you have set for yourself.

The filmmaking process is a very personal one to me, I mean it really is a personal kind of communication. It's not as though its a study of fear or any of that stuff.

I don't want to be idolized, I just want to play. And to do that you have to run and sweat.

I never understood retirement. What is the attraction of retirement? I go down there to Florida and look around and I said, my God, who wants this? Not me.

You cannot cure sclerosis, but you can forget it.

You are a dynamic being of Light that at each moment informs the energy that flows through you. You do this with each thought, with each intention.

Some men think that the globe is a sponge that God puts into their hands to squeeze for their own garden or flower-pot.

Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people

Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, or even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ings.