One has always got to be terribly careful, since the theater is made up of a whole bunch of prima donnas, not to let the distortions occur.

First, I'll kill the dog with kindness, and if that doesn't work, I'll just kill him.

Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.

I think I was probably wondering, having looked at human beings for a long time, wondering if evolution ever took place. And I still have my doubts.

The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it.

I think it is the responsibility of critics to rely less strenuously on, to use a Hollywood phrase, "what they can live with," and more on an examination of the works of art from an aesthetic and clinical point of view.

You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are.