"Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it."

"I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli."

"I worked very hard on those movies but there was some creative connection that wasn't being made."

"When you're a short actor you stand on apple boxes, you walk on a ramp. When you're a short star everybody else walks in a ditch."

"I pick projects according to how fascinating they are to me, and it has resulted in a broad reach. My records are actually in five different sports: balloons, airplanes, airships, gliders, and sailboats."

"Another factor is the decision, made in 1976, to sharply divide the FBI and the foreign intelligence agencies. The FBI would collect within the United States; the foreign intelligence agencies would collect overseas."

"To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not."

"A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies."