There was nothing lonelier than a man with a million friends.

There's an ecstasy about doing something really good on film: the composition of a shot, the drama within the shot, the texture... It's palpable.

Writing an acceptance speech gives you the expectation of winning, and you are therefore devastated or hurt if you didn't win.

Youth is the ultimate limited resource.

A sense of the unknown has always lured mankind and the greatest of the unknowns of today is outer space. The terrors, the joys and the sense of accomplishment are epitomized in the space program.

How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood of young runaways.

I'm always open to the possibility that somebody's got a better idea than I have. It happens with some frequency.