Richard Harris Quotes

Winning the Pulitzer is not that big a deal. I have seen hundreds of plays that have won the prize and you couldn't sit half way through it. The Pulitzer is a common prize that means very little.

Tragedy, after all, is the invisible hand that spawns reflection, and reflection bears its fruit in the deepening of one's character.

No one trusts me any more. I spent half the movie Maigret (1988) (TV) arguing with people and I was accused of causing big on-set rows. But what they won't tell you is I fought for Simeneon. I fought for the maintenance of quality. I don't believe in lyin.

When a man sees his end, he wants to know there was some purpose to his life.

[A]s you will come to see, everything in life comes at a price. Nothing is free, not a single thing, tangible or intangible. There is an equilibrium at play all the time. For every gain, there is a loss of equal value. For every heart that is broken, one is sutured. It's called balance, and it's the only reason the universe doesn't collapse onto itself at any given moment.

Looking at these numbers, what do they tell anyone who's got any common sense? Everything you're seeing is just too little, too late.

Marriage is a custom brought about by women who then proceed to live off men and destroy them, completely enveloping the man in a destructive cocoon or eating him away like a poisonous fungus on a tree.

I don't drink because I have problems or I want to escape. I just love drinking and being drunk.

The law does not require you to be a mind-reader

I turned Hamlet down because it was going to take up too much of my drinking time.

There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them.

I swim in a pool of my own neurosis. I carry love, grief deeply, like an Irishman.

I was referred to her by a guardian in northern Wilmington, a guy who handles people that are moving into nursing homes. They leave all their stuff there, and we have to empty the houses out. She provides a great service

The reality was that Warner wasn't there. If there were two people or 20 people identifying him, they were wrong.

I formed a new group called Alcoholics-Unanimous. If you don't feel like a drink, you ring another member and he comes over to persuade you.

Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice.