The camera is more than a recorder, it's a microscope. It penetrates, it goes into people and you see their most private and concealed thoughts.

I would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul.

The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.

There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors... and that is their competitive sense.

I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.

I've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends.

Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.