The only reason to make a million dollars in this business is to tell some fat producer to go to hell.

The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.

I gave up drinking once -- it was the worst afternoon of my entire life.

(On Bette Davis) Even when I was carrying a gun, she scared the be-jesus out of me.

Ain’t nothing a man can’t do if he believes in himself.

What's at the end of a million dollars? Zero, zero, zero... nothing. A circle with a hole in it.

Rick: Here's looking at you, kid.

Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains!

A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz.

All you owe the public is a good performance.

The problem with this world is, everyone in it is 3 drinks behind.

It is possible for God to live in a man and for the man to still be useless.

The twentieth century was marked by two broad trends: the regulation of capitalism and the deregulation of democracy. Both experiments overreached.

Look now how mortals are blaming the gods, for they say that evils come from us, but in fact they themselves have woes beyond their share because of their own follies.

A gigantic tortoise with a jewel-encrusted shell was glittering near the window.

Love is a promise; love is a souvenir.

Reason must be our last judge and guide in everything.

I never started writing because I wanted to write myself stuff. It was really more that I had these stories to tell, and I wanted to work with people that I respected and liked.

Farewell's a bitter word to say.

The goal of the spiritual activist is to find inner peace even in externally chaotic circumstances.

Women, in general, are very passionate fans, and that's what you love about them.