"If you can't tie good knots, tie plenty of them"

“I came out of repertory theater, where I worked 50 weeks a year, and I loved working with the people.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I read somewhere that some people believe that the entire universe is a matrix of living thought. And I said, "Man, if that's not a definition of God, I don't know what is.”

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

“Pound was silly, bumptious, extravagantly generous, annoying, exhibitionistic; Eliot was sensible, cautious, retiring, soothing, shy. Though Pound wrote some brilliant passages, on the whole he was a failure as a poet (sometimes even in his own estimation); Eliot went from success to success and is still quoted--and misquoted--by thousands of people who have never read him. Both men were expatriates by choice, but Eliot renounced his American citizenship and did his best to become assimilated with his fellow British subjects, while Pound always remained an American in exile.”

“Do not be concerned that you might set a target too high and fail. Be concerned that you will set it too low and succeed.”

“[Eva Braun] was careful, she was always careful about what she divulged to me or to anyone about [Adolf] Hitler.”

“If nominated, I won't run; If elected, I won't serve.”

“Im not sure Ill find acting satisfying creatively forever. If you get the good roles, its great - if you have the freedom to choose your projects and not just do anything and everything.”

“Chieftains must understand that the spirit of the law is greater than its letter.”