“You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening now.”

“When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise.”

“I’m not ashamed of what I am - of how I pass through this life. What I am has given me the strength to do it. At my lowest ebb I have never contemplated suicide. I value what is here too much. I have a contribution to make. I am not just take up space in this life. I can add something to the lives I touch. I don’t like everything I know about myself, and I’ll never be satisfied, but nobody’s perfect. I’m not sure where the next years will take me - what they will hold - but I’m open to suggestions.”

“If you want me, just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow."(as Marie 'Slim' Browning in To Have and Have Not)”

“To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.”

“You don’t always win your battles, but it’s good to know you fought”

“I'd like to meet the man who decided that people do or don't look Jewish. What the hell does that mean anyway? Is it the American penchant for pinning things down, catergorizing, for pigeonholing people? Whatever it is, it's wrong.”