The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition.

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

I slept for four days when I turned 40.

Spencer Tracy was a man who did very much what I do on a set, and that is, he comes down and he does his job, and then he goes back to his dressing room.

If we can clean up our world, I'll bet you we can achieve warp drive.

Has it ever occurred to you that how we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life?

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