I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.

A lot of people thought of me as a threat to Western civilization.

I hardly said a word to my wife until I said 'yes' to divorce.

There is a certain kind of respect for authenticity today that there wasn't back in the days when they did 'Cleopatra,' where everything looked like a giant motel. People want to have it be authentic in the look, and authentic in the way people behave.

The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually.

I may not be the strongest guy or the most well armed, but you can put me in a room with a pencil and a piece of paper and I can kill anybody.

To be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.