Every original idea is first ridiculed, then vigorously attacked, and finally taken for granted.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.

Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.

A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

Me with nothing left to lose, plotting my big revenge in the spotlight. Give me violent revenge fantasies as a coping mechanism.

Every writer should know their target. Aim for the heart ~ hit that and all which follows is sheer ecstasy.

Life is too damn short to not tell someone how you feel. Don't let someone because you're afraid or you'll lose them forever.

I hate housework! You make the beds you do the dishes - and six months later you have to start all over again.

We had a delicious dinner of too much.

Often the wisdom of the body Clarifies the despair of the spirit.

If the audience knows what's behind the door and the actor does not, that's comedy. If both the audience and the actor do not know, that's mystery!

People always ask about my influences, and they cite a bunch of people I've never heard of

I'm confident being at Universal, which is a great home for me, 'cause they understand what I'm trying to do.

You can look in a book of wrong and learn more right. If you're reading a book that has all wrong in it , you're learning what not to do.