I’ve never been certain whether the moral of the Icarus story should only be, as is generally accepted, ‘don’t try to fly too high,’ or whether it might also be thought of as ‘forget the wax and feathers, and do a better job on the wings.

If Gary Cooper and Henry Fonda had a baby, it would be Matthew Modine.

You're constantly changing man. But the film's not changing. The film stays the same. That's the beautiful aspect of it.

If you can talk brilliantly about a problem

It's a mistake to confuse pity with love.

It's crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense and yet not be able to think about anything else.

You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.