The world was full of monsters, and they were all allowed to bite the innocent and the unwary

We'll just have to get along. That's what people do, you know? They just get along. And try to help each other.

The monster nevers dies.

But in high school the business of irrevocable choices began. Doors slipped shut with a faint locking click that was only heared clearly in the dreams of later years.

...it was amazing, wasn't it, how bad you could hurt when there was nothing physically wrong.

When you smile, you bloom.

Use your imagination not to scare you to death but to inspire you to live.

You mustn't dwell on the inevitable.

Holding on to positive thoughts and beliefs is your only guarantee to a happy life.

I just go and play hard. That's who I am.

The biggest rap on me is that I don't find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate was unique. It's not something Carl Bernstein, I, or the Washington Post caused.

The Kennedys formed a Kennedy party.

In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow on you. Film is always a question of compromises with respect to what you originally intended.

Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures, because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life.

Start young. Throw your arms around ladies knees. As you get older it will get more interesting.