I was constantly being dragged out of movies for laughing too loud.

Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money.

Talent is the gift plus the passion - a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it.

Don't listen to those who say, you taking too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today.

When its 100 degrees in New York, it's 72 in Los Angeles. When its 30 degrees in New York, in Los Angeles it's still 72. However, there are 6 million interesting people in New York, and only 72 in Los Angeles.

Gee, what a terrific party. Later on we'll get some fluid and embalm each other.

Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation- an investigation of my own life.