I can't expect people to decide that they will change with me, so I can see why I'm on the old side.

Nothing ever comes to an end. Wherever one has sunk roots that emanate from one's best or truest self, one will always find a home.

It is only the untalented director who imagines him or herself in every part, wants his or her own thoughts and emotions portrayed; it is only the untalented who make their own limitations those of the actors as well.

The fear inside of loneliness: That only what others have is real.

Since suffering confers no rights on its victims, we who witness are the ones responsible for restoring these lost rights.

One of the things I like about my profession, and that I find healthy, is that one constantly has to break oneself to pieces.

The void Papa's death left in me became a kind of cavity, into which later experiences were to be laid.