Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.

If a man wants to get it right, he's looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she's difficult or impossible. If he acts, produces and directs, he's called multitalented. If she does the same thing, she's called vain and egotistical.

I'll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.

I just don't like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn't need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross)

Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.

Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?

I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.