I never got a formal education. So my intellect is my common sense. I don't have anything else going for me. And my common sense opens the door to instinct.

Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I've been winning fortunes, and I've been losing them.

The day you're born, you get the pink slip on YOU. Outright ownership. You must only share that life with those that you and only you choose.

You may catch more flies with honey than vinegar, but you'll get them to work harder if you use a flyswatter.

Make film, shoot film, run film. Do something. Make film. Shoot anything.

If you think childlike, you'll stay young. If you keep your energy going, and do everything with a little flair, you're gunna stay young. But most people do things without energy, and they atrophy their mind as well as their body. You have to think young, you have to laugh a lot, and you have to have good feelings for everyone in the world, because if you don't, it's going to come inside, your own poison, and it's over.

Don't give me paper - I can get the same lawyer who drew it up to break it. But if you shake my hand, that's for life.