I don't like gossip stories. Facts are okay. But when gossips begin making items, that's something else again.

Admit it. I'm the best you ever seen, Fats. I'm the best there is. And even if you beat me, I'm still the best.

Who's to say who's an expert?

I like racing but food and pictures are more thrilling. I can't give them up. In racing you can be certain, to the last thousandth of a second, that someone is the best, but with a film or a recipe, there is no way of knowing how all the ingredients will work out in the end. The best can turn out to be awful and the worst can be fantastic. Cooking is like performing and performing like cooking.

The best thing you can give yourselves...is the gift of possibility. And the best thing you can give each other is the pledge to go on protecting that gift in each other as long as you live.

There are many ingredients that go into making a film. It baffles me, what works and what doesn't.

On adultery: "Why fool around with hamburger when you have steak at home?