I'd take a look at my own self in the mirror and wonder how it was possible that anybody could manage such an enormous thing as being what he was.

Always stay in your own movie.

The frontiers we broke into in the '60s are still largely unexplored.

You’re just a young kid. What are you doin’ here? You oughta be out in a convertible, why… bird-doggin’ chicks and bangin’ beaver. What are ya doin’ here, for Christ’s sake? What’s funny about that? Jesus, I mean, you guys do nothin’ but complain about how you can’t stand it in this place here and then you haven’t got the guts just to walk out!

It is bad to suppress laughter. It goes back down to your hips. Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

Listen, wait, and be patient. Every shaman knows you have to deal with the fire that's in your audience's eye.

The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.