As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.

A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.

All idealisation makes life poorer. To beautify it is to take away its character of complexity — it is to destroy it.

Investing is like Yoga. Body, mind and soul have to be aligned.

You can't escape your past by running from it.

Repeat after me, Mr. Black: I do believe in commas. I do, I do.

I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and advances are going down or disappearing.

A gun in your hand makes a fool out of you. A gun in your hand makes a target out of me.

Mighty things from small beginnings grow.

As a director, if you know what you want, then it's not scary.

I am not particularly well-behaved.

Shuffling really isn't something you should be doing on your deathbed.

I never go easy on kids when I play board games. The sooner they learn what the consequence of entering a competition is, the better. If they win, I punch them in the face like any adult.