His habit of reading isolated him: it became such a need that after being in company for some time he grew tired and restless ...

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.

It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.

Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure.

Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.

He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with one than happiness with the other.

Kant thought things, not because they were true, but because he was Kant.

I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.

Why did you look at the sunset?'Philip answered with his mouth full:Because I was happy.

Schools are made for the average. The holes are all round, and whatever shape the pegs are they must wedge in somehow. One hasn't time to bother about anything but the average.

The Earth, time, concepts, love, life, faith justice, evil - they're all fluid and in transition. They don't stay in one form or in one place forever. The whole universe is like some big FedEx box.

I believe the most important mission of the state is to protect the individual and make it possible for him to develop into a creative personality.

Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic.

I'd walk and think about my entire life. I'd find my strength again, far from everything that had made my life ridiculous.

I'm very happy to be directing though. It's a challenge, and it's a lot of fun for me to be on set.

Till I was 13, I thought my name was 'Shut Up.'

My contention is, all kids have tremendous talents. And we squander them, pretty ruthlessly.

For some, the universe ends at the borders of their villages; even for others, at the threshold of their home doors.

Theatre gives you wings as an actor.

There are no nudists in cold places.