"If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends."

"I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act."

"I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts."

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

"What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust."

"Our national motto is 'In God we Trust,' reminding us that faith in our Creator is the most important American value of all."

"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement."

"I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made."