Well, 45-odd years of doing it, so we all pile up the things we like about directors and the things we don't like about directors. And sometimes they're very similar.

The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk.

Somehow I think it was declared very early on that I was the - if not the black sheep of the family, not a very good student.

Depressed, anxious, sad, frightened? Yes. But I've never been bored.

Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me... aren't you?

This is your life. Now go make it the one you've always wanted.

I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert - that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil.

I don't like the fact that I have to get older so fast, but I like the fact that I'm aging so well.

You spend so much of your life basing yourself on what you think other people think of you. Then you realise that maybe one of the purposes of life is not to care.

There's a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what's the problem?

What makes divorce happen is that you can't be in the same space any more, for whatever reason - but the love stays. And that's the killer. That's where the vehemence and anger and rage comes from.

There is only one cure for grey hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.

Creativity vs. inspiration: inspiration makes a copy, creativity makes something completely new.

I think Mulder is the worst FBI agent in the world. He spends millions of dollars investigating these paranormal phenomena and never comes up with any evidence. He's the Kenneth Starr of the FBI.

I like being a leader in real life.

It is our job to lift others up, not to size them up.

I'm not the type who spends his free time in training camp playing with his Playstation or playing cards on trips. The other players thought it was odd: There he is, reading again.

My father's a preacher, my mother's a teacher, thus... I rhyme.

Don't worry about how pretty (the story) sounds, how lilting it is, and the imagery, and the metaphor, all that. Most readers don't care. It's the people in your book that matter.

Experience teacheth that resolution is a sole help in need.

A grudge is like being stung to death by one bee.