But the amazing thing about life, I've finally discovered, is that you really don't learn from past mistakes. You do logically, reasonably, but emotionally not for a second.

Imagination is the highest kite that can fly.

Childhood anxieties, childhood fears, never disappear entirely. They fade, but not away.

Go boldly and honestly through the world. Learn to love the fact that there is nobody else quite like you.

The world is a stage and the play is badly cast.

The blessing of resistance lies in its power to illuminate those aspects of ourselves which have eluded our appreciation.

Carmen didn't like change, and she certainly didn't like endings.

When you adapt a book to a film, you take all the best parts and put them into an hour and 15 minutes and have to compromise on the characters.

As we grow better, we meet better people.

Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society.

When your teeth are gone, learn to like mush.

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

Graham Greene at 82 years old was still writing, and I don't think anyone can deny the force, the expertise, and the unique quality of his writing, if you take his complete oeuvre.