“Otherwise, as Dylan says, if you're not busy being born, you're busy dying.”

“He not busy being born is busy dying.”

“You always have to keep pushing to innovate. Dylan could have sung protest songs forever and probably made a lot of money, but he didn’t. He had to move on, and when he did, by going electric in 1965, he alienated a lot of people. His 1966 Europe tour was his greatest…. The Beatles were the same way. They kept evolving, moving, refining their art. That’s what I’ve always tried to do — keep moving. Otherwise, as Dylan says, if you are not busy being born, you’re busy dying.”

“[on being a director] It's the best job in the picture business because when you're a director, you're God. And you know that's the best job in town.”

“Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
Suicide remarks are torn
From the fool's gold mouthpiece the hollow horn
Plays wasted words, proves to warn
That he not busy being born is busy dying”

“Honey? Traffic's kinda busy and you're naked. Honey!?”

“Get busy living or get busy dying.”

“There's no time for winking at the men when you're busy bailing the boat.”

“Girl, you don't know what you're puttin' through. It's a business doing pleasure, a business doing pleasure with you.”

“I don't really. In our business, you're not kicked out necessarily …”