Съвестта е онзи глас Божий в нас, онова огледало, в което ние се оглеждаме и виждаме своите недостатъци.

You don't deserve to understand truth if all that you want is just the normal life.

Most people might be doing the same thing, but that doesn't mean that it is the right thing to do. Aren't most people in this world unhappy and unsuccessful?

I mean, Jane Wyman did a lot of silly parts for years and then all of a sudden went serious and was tremendous.

I'm dyslexic, although they didn't have a word for it when I was in grade school. The teachers said I had 'word blindness.

When I think about it, if I had to choose, I'd rather be happy than write.

I have been reading the press more regularly than others over 50 years and it seems to me that there are things that have changed in the press that have changed its character.

People probably thought I was scary, but I was just uncomfortable with attention and tended to be a little closed off, except with friends. I learned to embrace the attention.

In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?

I never trust anyone who's more excited about success than about doing the thing they want to be successful at.

Nobody should touch a Polaroid [camera] until he's over sixty