[On Steven Spielberg] Steven Spielberg is the only person I`ve come across who fits my criteria of genius. And I don`t throw that word around. Genius is imagination and attention to detail. The ability to achieve to the minutest detail what you perceive in your imagination. I don`t think there`s another person on earth who`s as great a plot structuralist or better storyteller.

Behind all art is ego and I am an artist and I am unique.

I enjoyed the journey to the top but then found myself disappointed.

The motion picture business is run by corporate thieves.

[On Bette Midler] I loved working with Bette. I rarely get to have a good leading lady and Bette and Marsha Mason are the best. I`d work with them again anytime.

"I don`t think film acting is necessarily a triumph of technique. Film stardom is a friendship that happens between an audience and a performer. Its like you meet someone and you click with that person for whatever reason".

Actually, when I was a kid I was really more aware of the star and the handprints in Grauman`s Chinese more than I was aware of anything else, including the Oscar. I wanted to have a star. I wanted to be able to see, you know, old gum on my star.

Happiness has a bum rap. People say it shouldn`t be your goal in life. Oh, yes it should.

I really think that living is the process of going from complete certainty to complete ignorance.

In 1976: "People who commit adultery must die. Everyone knows that. Any movie tells you that!"