A general philosophy of the female characters in my films is they all want something to believe in, and not having anything.

What was the scandal? I fell in love with this girl, married her. We have been married for almost 15 years now.

I've gained no wisdom, no insight, no mellowing. I would make all the same mistakes again, today.

I'm short enough and ugly enough to succeed on my own.

... years of insanity have made this guy crazy!

Abysmal vermin that I am, I couldn't of course tell her that it was her incredible mother that I wanted to see again… I knew only as I drove through the cold, night autumn air that somewhere Freud, Sophocles and Eugene O’Neill were laughing.

Reality may not be the best of all possible worlds, but it's still the only place where you can get a decent steak.