Today we haved touched Mars. There is life on Mars, and it us us-extensions of our eyes in all directions, extensions of our mind, extensions of our heart and soul have touched Mars today. That's the message to look for there: We are on Mars. We are the Martians!

I'll hold on to the world tight some day. I've got one finger on it now; that's a beginning.

The first thing you learn in life is you're a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you're the same fool.

And they were all, when their souls grew warm, poets.

Screenplays are not writing. They're a fake form of writing. It's a lot of dialogue and very little atmosphere. Very little description. Very little character work. It's very dangerous. You'll never learn to write.

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college.

If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.