The great people I've met always have time for the niceties.

I have always had a lot more trouble with my truths than with my deceits

At awards time, The Exorcist was nominated in 11 categories, everybody but the janitor was up for an Oscar. There was no category for what I did.

While I am rehearsing a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.

the Irish ... are full of the fear of the Lord and the joy of living, and they don't know how to combine the two, but they'll sure have a good time trying.

I find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to live happily ever after!

Radio is truly the theater of the mind. The listener constructs the sets, colors them from his own palette, and sculpts and costumes the characters who perform in them.