The best movies have one sentence that they're exploring, a thesis, something that people can argue about over dinner afterward.

Art is a place where you can be wild. Kids-all of us-need that.

I usually don't read things written about me and I certainly don't read things if they are inappropriate.

I think I'm a weird combination of deeply introverted and very daring. I can feel both those things working.

All nights are sacred nights to make confession and resolve and prayer; all days are sacred days to wake new gladness in the sunny air.

The Oscar sits on some shelf above my desk. If there was an earthquake, I could actually be killed by my own Academy Award.

Oh, write of me, not Died in bitter pains, but Emigrated to another star!