I'm now a bit anti-Jewish since my last visit to the synagogue, but my atheism does not necessarily reject religion.
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.
Does not people's preoccupation these days with drugs, alcohol, medication and self deception prove that the truth not only hurts, but it is torture to bear?
An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause.
People are always asking, 'Where does Michael Pennington end and Johnny Vegas begin,' and you're going, 'It's not like that: it's blurred right across.'
Well, just as the Supreme Court follows the election returns, you can bet that the bureaucracy does as well.
I have a friend of mine who does me on his answering machine, and when I call him, I answer. It's pretty strange.
The Right-wingers everywhere take themselves too seriously, whether in the U.S. or the U.K. And, by the way, so does the Left. The Left can take itself a little too seriously as well.
A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.
At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy.
I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.
People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.
Once I've written something it does tend to run away from me. I don't seem to have any part of it - it's no longer my piece of writing.
I think the shape of our bodies has as much to do with the shape of our parents as it does with training.
I think one thing that does cause unhappiness is protracted anxiety and worry.
Even as fog continues to lie in the valleys, so does ancient sin cling to the low places, the depressions in the world consciousness.
Films must all have the same structure. All of this to guarantee box office bonanza, which of course it never does, but that's another discussion entirely.
When does someone love you enough to put you before himself? Had I done so with Michiko?
Strength does not come in those times when you hit the mark; it comes in those times when you strive to but miss.
It's fun playing two roles. The roles provide a wonderful range of emotions. Stuart is childlike and sensitive. Adam is ruthless, outrageous. He's flamboyant. He does the unexpected.
A conversation does not have to be scintillating in order to be memorable. I once met a president of the United States, and his second sentence to me was about knees.
