So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers may hold up their burial of the theater.

An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut.

Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes for a man.

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

I go through major crises every few months, but then I have great peaks of belief and creativity. I'm a weird kind of animal.

To me, it's far more efficient to mobilize the imagination. It's far more efficient to hear a creaking step, for example, than to see the face of a monster, which usually looks ridiculous, and where you know that the blood is ketchup.

The '60s was a magical time in the music business. So much creativity and talent. I think a lot of it came from the fact that we had grown up before rock n' roll. We listened to all the great songwriters and big bands, songs with great lyrics and melodies. I think that really influenced everybody.

From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting.