Shel Silverstein

What you've got to say, you say.

You'd better get your laugh while you're making your point, or you won't be doing it very long.

I myself do not believe in explaining anything.

The fact that I spent my life in universities in a manner that I no longer have close identification with bricklayers is a pain to me.

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.