"I'm not perfect, but those flaws make an interesting person."

“I think we could do with being a little more adventurous in certain areas and push on that little bit more, while a bit of luck also wouldn't go amiss.”

“Every person must live the inner life in one form or another. Consciously or unconsciously, voluntarily or involuntarily, the inner world will claim us and exact its dues. If we go to that realm consciously, it is by our inner work: our prayers, meditations, dream work, ceremonies, and Active Imagination. If we try to ignore the inner world, as most of us do, the unconscious will find its way into our lives through pathology: our psychosomatic symptoms, compulsions, depressions, and neuroses.”

“I used to be really nervous when I sang. Like, when I was a kid starting young, 18 and 19, and my dad really had to sort of push me to start singing in front of people. Ever since I got out there and really started doing it, the only thing I've ever tried to do is just sort of is be myself, you know, never put on a voice. Sing naturally.”

“That's a lot more legitimate than the retail therapy I do.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“Vicodin, I got addicted to that little pill. The reason I dont talk about it too much in the press is because it isnt funny, and I love to be funny in interviews. If you joke about that period in your life, it doesnt seem right.”

“Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.”

Source : "What I've Learned: Alan Arkin" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. February 25, 2007.

“The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country.”

Source : Learned Hand (1959). “The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses”

“I've always wanted to do more significant stuff. I think of myself as well-informed, but the hardest thing to do is talk about politics and current events and be funny and not just preachy.”