"I occasionally get birthday cards from fans. But it's often the same message: They hope it's my last."

“The bigger point here is that golf is a good metaphor for one's life. The challenge of golf for me is trying to learn new rules. It's something you always have to work at; you don't get perfect at golf. It's the never-ending quest for betterment.”

“The mission of the playwright ... is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment; to write with passion and conviction. Of course the measure of the man will be the measure of the play.”

“A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.”

“I have trouble with direction, because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine.”

“If you want nothing, do what you want. If you want everything, develop discipline”

“I swear I could write a book about all the things no one has ever thanked me for.”

“But you take a four-year state college, with a broader range of admission, and what happens during those four years may be an even greater value-added educational experience. I don't know.”

“I always say I want to look haunted.”

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