One shouldn't ever be conscious of the author as lecturer. When social or moral points are too heavily stressed, I always get uncomfortable.

I have an unfortunate personality.

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.

The trouble with a movie is that it's old before it's released. It's no accident that it comes in a can.

I don't think any word can explain a man's life.

I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai.

We made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.