“I never fall apart, because I never fall together.”

“People should fall in love with their eyes closed.”

“I never wanted to be a painter; I wanted to be a tap dancer.”

“If I ever have to cast an acting role, I want the wrong person for the part. I can never visualize the right person in a part. The right person for the right part would be too much. Besides, no person is every completely right for any part, because part in a role is never real, so if you can't get someone who's perfectly right, it's more satisfying to get someone who's perfectly wrong. Then you know you've really got something.”

“I never think that people die. They just go to department stores.”

“I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is "In 15 minutes everybody will be famous.”

“I can never get over when you're on the beach how beautiful the sand looks and the water washes it away and straightens it up and the trees and the grass all look great. I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.”