Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

In my own personal time, horror films freak me out too much, so I tend to steer clear of watching horror films on my own.

Every minute a chance to change the world.

Once I have children, the kids come first. One thing at a time for me.

You know, in the film making business no one ever gives you anything.

The science is crystal clear: we humans are the primary cause of global warming, and we face a bleak future if we fail to act quickly.

It has been said that a nation reveals its character by the values it upholds.

With any sci-fi fantasy storytelling, you must have rules be very clear, otherwise you lose people, like 'OK, they can fly; now they can't fly.'

People are always going to have favorite albums or songs and you know that's more the listener's personal bias than basing it on anything musical or actual. I'm the same way as a listener.

I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do

When fascism comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag and will claim the name of 100-percent Americanism