An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain - the equality of all men.

Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.

The final conflict will be between the Communists and the ex-Communists.

On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture, a civilization, a new way of living together among men.

Liberty isn't a thing you are given as a present. You can be a free man under a dictatorship. It is sufficient if you struggle against it.

I would willingly pass my life writing and re-writing the same book - that one book every writer carries within him - the image of his own soul.

Sometimes I'm haunted by the thought that we have only one life and that we live it provisionally, waiting in vain for the day when real life will begin. And so life passes by.

The State always stands for swindling, intrigue, and privilege, and cannot stand for anything else.

Spiritual life and secure life do not go together; to save oneself on must struggle and take risks.

A wrong war brings wrong; so does a right war.

To grow up requires a whole life but to become old one night is enough.

I don't live in the past at all I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.

If you have a question about anything, the answer can be found in a book somewhere in the library.

It is much easier to ruin a man of principle than a man of none, for he may be ruined through his scruples. Knavery is supple and can bend; but honesty is firm and upright, and yields not.

When you're pro-life, you need to be pro-life for the whole life.

Forget about where you want to be and go out and build stuff. Dodgeball came from being bored at work... things happen because you make them happen. Stop sketching, and start building.

It's reassuring to realize that everybody is as stupid as you are and that all we are doing when we are standing in the kitchen wondering what we came in here for is "woking.

I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do ever - was write novels.

Tupac and I were just close friends because we had such an insatiable drive and passion for acting and entertainment.

Do you think, that I could still call you 'my dear'?

I think film is about images. Cinema needs good images. I think that if you don’t have good images, it’s not going to be a good film. I think all films should be really visual.