When I was young, I wanted to be a dramatic writer, a writer of tragedy. Nothing would've pleased me more than if I could have written like Eugene O'Neil or Tennessee Williams.

Marriage is the death of hope.

As I've gotten older, the parts have diminished. I liked it when I was younger, I could always play the lead in the movie and I could do all the romantic scenes with the women, and it was fun and I liked to play that. Now, I'm older and I'm reduced to playing the backstage doorman or the uncle or something. I don't really love that so occasionally, when a part comes up, I'll play it.

I think you should defend to the death their right to march, and then go down and meet them with baseball bats. (On the KKK)

You always think another time would have been ideal for you . . . the reality is there was no novocaine when you went to the dentist.

Rather than live on in the hearts and minds of my fellow man, I would rather live on in my apartment.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.