Every soldier is an enemy.

Only self-educated is educated. Others are merely taught.

One has to live a life that creates a writer.

It is also a victory to know when to retreat.

They say blood is thicker than water, but I say ice, can be more solid than blood, when times get cold.

Appreciate success and status thy will bestow.

I can't be a wizard. I'm just Harry." Harry Potter

War is an absolute failure of imagination, scientific and political. That a war can be represented as helping a people to 'feel good' about themselves, or their country, is a measure of that failure.

Im very happy with the success of short films. In fact, for me, the short films make more money than the features.

I may be getting old, but not foolish.

Be original. The world will try to fit you into a mold, but carve your own path.

At Casablanca we did 'Midnight Express,' 'Flashdance,' and 'The Deep.' My willingness for risk has always been my strength.

Certainly in terms of my life - anybody's life - you go through death, childbirth and marriage, glory and defeat, and so on.

No more than a surgeon can operate while tweeting can you reach your potential with one ear in, one ear out. You actually have to reacquaint yourself with concentration. We all do.