Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.

It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.

Right is its own defense.

Time takes away the grief of men.

My goal is to die in my 90s on the set, say, 'That's a wrap,' after the last shot, fall over dead, and have the grips go out and raise a beer to me.

Dying peacefully means to avoid any immediate cause for anger, fear, or strong desire.

We're all dying. We're all in the process of oxidizing. Everyone of us is in the process of oxidizing, so to sort of interrupt one aspect of that while everything else goes on, it's a freak show.