"I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time."

"My kind of director is an actor-director who writes."

"The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful."

"I've spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I'm not irresponsible."

"You'd think experienced political professionals would know better than to place their trust in exit polls, notoriously inaccurate surveys that had John Kerry winning the 2004 election by five points when he actually lost by three."

"Most of what needs to be changed in the euro zone can be done without treaty changes. The demand for treaty change is as political as it is legal and I don't think it's going to happen soon."

"A visionary sees the unseen and knows a mind at peace can weather any storm."

"I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative."