He that will not work according to his faculty, let him perish according to his necessity: there is no law juster than that.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.

We must be happy with what we want when we are in pursuit of what we want.

In the industry, trying out new genres is not always encouraged but what I've discovered is that as a writer, a jaunt outside my comfort zone generally brings new skills to the main body of my work.

Wanting anything too desperately is a form of aggression and violence, which will always be met with resistance.

But at the end of the day, there are some questions that have no answers, and then one answer that has no question: love rules the game. Every time. All the time. That’s what counts.

Best Friends: we're a parade - even by ourselves!

There is nothing in your mind which wasn't experienced before hand.

Morality is not a spectator sport.

I feel like movies when they work they'll find an audience.

Dialogue does not happen when we are adversaries.