The bond between a parent and child is the primary bond, the foundation for the rest of the child's life. The presence or absence of this bond determines much about the child's resiliency and what kind of adult they will grow up to be.

If you understood what communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees that we would some day become communist. . . . I, a socialist, think that we should strive toward a socialist society, all the way to communism.

I lived in France during the '60s. I was there from the early '60s until 1970, so my view of the '60s is more global. It was a time of tremendous transition, not only for America but for the whole world.

I like playing that character who brings love to people, who puts people in a place where they're apt to encounter love.

I confess. If the law had been appiled to me properly for what I did in Vietnam, I'd have been convicted for high treason.

Denial can be a pathology or a survival mechanism - and sometimes it's both.

Pay more attention to losing inches than losing pounds.