Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits that which he has and that which he thinks he has.

Sometimes change was good. Sometimes it was even exactly what you needed.

Constant dedication brings constant prosperity

Generosity is the rarest of qualities in American writers.

I’m not leaving, if that’s what you’re worried about.”“You’re...not?”“It seems you wanted me here. I can’t go back when you need me.

At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.

We conquer ourselves by learning patience, for she gives to us our longed for victory only in the surrender of self.

I’ve never dreamed of becoming a model. As a child I was bullied and insulted as ugly

The sensitive plate, the gas which is ionised, the fluorescent screen, are in reality receivers, into another kind of energy, chemical energy, ionic energy... luminous energy.

Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe.

Like Godard, Tati is also remarkably appreciative of the odd beauty that can be revealed in the shapes, patterns and colors created by the technology of planned obsolescence.