Pastoral Resources

We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision.

I had a woman breakdown and cry when she met me which was difficult to deal with because immediately when someone starts to cry, you want to comfort them, you know, 'Poor thing.' I comforted her. I tried to make her feel better.

If I'm going to do anything extreme, I want it to have consequences.

There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type.

I always want to rock.

I was editing Canadian Literature. I didn't want to let Canadian Literature go, so they reached a nice compromise by which I received half a professor's salary.

It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.

I would like above any other place to go to Hartford. I want to face the conservatism there centered and compel it into decency.

I've heard that Alfred Hitchcock said that by the time he was ready to shoot a film, he didn't even want to do it any more because he'd already had all of the fun of working it out. It's the same thing with these Frank comics.

Do you think I want to be the one lone voice against the Hollywood liberal establishment? It's not going to do me any good.

I'm a pretty quiet guy, but if people want to think of me as a lady killer, I guess that's good.

So you can say whatever you want and quote me however you want about politics and make the next payday, and that's fine because I'm making that deal with you, but just mention the movie along the way, OK?

If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person's life in a positive light, and that's what I want to do. That's what it's all about.

I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant.

I love to play golf, and that's my arena. And you can characterize it and describe it however you want, but I have a love and a passion for getting that ball in the hole and beating those guys.

In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.

I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.

I want the concentration and the romance, and the worlds all glued together, fused, glowing: have no time to waste any more on prose.

I've made it clear to my agents that I want more interesting stuff.

Usually, I just do what I want, because I got it that way.