"Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities."

"I'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it."

"Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons."

"I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself."

"'Funny Games' was conceived as a provocation. My other films are different. If people feel my other films are, or respond to them as provocation, then that's quite different. 'Funny Games' is the only one of mine where my intention was to provoke the audience."

"Ninety-nine percent is in the delivery. If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you're cocky enough, and you pound down on the punch line, you can say anything and make people laugh maybe three times before they realize you're not telling jokes."

"I suppose I miss the British cynicism and the humor."

"A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing."