When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry.

The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same).

We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.

Cultivate a love of skill. Learn theatrical skills. They will give you continual pleasure, self-confidence, and link you to fifty thousand years of the history of our profession.

I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word.

The Israelis would like to live in peace within their borders; the Arabs would like to kill them all.

I've always been fascinated by the picaresque.