History is the long, difficult and confused dream of Mankind.

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.

he who will not economize will have to agonize

A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time.

You can say the Earth is flat, but it doesn't mean you're going to fall off the edge.

I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then you can go forward.

Making movies is difficult and you get disorientated sometimes - even when you're working with fantastic talent.

Drink without getting drunk Love without suffering jealousy Eat without overindulging Never argue And once in a while, with great discretion, misbehave

Money is a terrible blab; she will betray the secrets of her owner, whatever he do to gag her. His virtues will creep out in her whisper; his vices she will cry aloud at the top of her tongue.

There's still so much more to do. I can't sit back and be complacent, and none of us should be. I get around now in a wheelchair, but I get around.

Standing in the middle of nowhere, wondering how to begin. Lost between tomorrow and yesterday, between now and then.

I like storytelling, and I feel more confident as the years have gone on about my ability to do that.