"When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it." Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sevigne
"Character is what you are in the dark."
"His pictures seem to resemble not pictures but a sample book of patterns of linoleum."
"I suppose flattery hurts no one, that is, if he doesn't inhale." Adlai Stevenson
"I've made some of the greatest films ever made—and a lot of crap, too." John Carradine
"A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on." William S. Burroughs
"Never raise your hands to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected." Aaron Chwatt
"It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course." Hank Aaron
"Do you think Paul McCartney makes records just to annoy me personally, or does he want to get up everyone's f*ing nose with his f*ing antics?" Alex Harvey
"The shortest recorded period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain."
"Difficult acting with a chimp? No, no. The emotions were the same. In a way it was like playing opposite Paul Newman. The chimpanzee reacted differently, that's all." Charlotte Rampling
"I am afraid of being lazy and complacent. I am afraid of taking myself too seriously." Barbara Herzstein
"Comedy is like music. You have to know the key and you have to find players with good chops." Christopher Guest
"People can't really place me. They're not really sure who I am. Sometimes they think I'm Helen Hunt. Sometimes they think I'm Laura Dern." Laura Linney