A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain....The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension.

There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who had some influence on me, but I couldn't tell you what it was.

I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do.

But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.

A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain....The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension.

I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.

Beauty compelled admiration and erotic yearning; such was its organic function. But never by itself could it command love.