I would have liked to have known Oscar Wilde because I think he must have been very amusing and entertaining.

It's redundant to die in Los Angeles.

I've lived a lot in communist countries and they're intensely interested in money. I think they are more interested in money than capitalists are. They're the most materialistic people in the world. What they're actually living for is material things. The irony of that is that in communist countries there isn't anything to buy.

Traveling wears me out.

No one will ever know what 'In Cold Blood' took out of me. It scraped me right down to the marrow of my bones. It nearly killed me. I think, in a way, it did kill me.

I dream of eagles and bring forth sparrows.

I think my greatest talent really is for friendship.