The truth is funny. Honest discovery, observation, and reaction is better than contrived invention.

If we treat each other as if we are geniuses, poets and artists, we have a better chance of becoming that on stage.

Where do the really best laughs come from? Terrific connections made intellectually, or terrific revelations made emotionally.

The more you know, the more you can make fun of

Fall, then figure out what to do on the way down.

It's not about the journey. It's about the people you meet.

The absolute worst thing you can do in a scene is be apathetic.

Beyond the deepest tragedy there is laughter; even in the midst of tragedy there is always the possibility for laughter.

The only rule is that there are no rules.

Every interpersonal situation has a solution in which everyone wins.

Trust...trust your fellow actors to support you; trust them to come through if you lay something heavy on them; trust yourself.

Greatness is the quality of time converted into production or value

My quotes are being used in other authors creations. To be recognized while I'm alive has surpassed my expectations

Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt.

What is the virtue and service of a book? Only to help me live less gingerly and shabbily.

AMPLE make this bed. Make this bed with awe; In it wait till judgment break Excellent and fair. Be its mattress straight, Be its pillow round; Let no sunrise’ yellow noise Interrupt this ground.

I think people want to feel stuff right now.

One thing that I think works in 'Casablanca' and which I've lectured a lot about - in terms of what I've been trying to achieve as a designer - is the film's creation of its own form of reality.

First, I hate all theological controversy: it is wearing to the temper, and is I believe (at all events when viva voce) worse than useless.

Access to power must be confined to those who are not in love with it.

I support an all-of-the-above approach attacking climate change - everything from moving America towards being carbon-neutral, moving our country towards clean energy.