Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

Only those with no memory insist on their originality.

Courage is grace under pressure.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

Thought is free.

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful

They have formed their own 4-H club - the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.

What is to give light must endure burning.

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director

Humility is attentive patience.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast