I believe we were created for ecstasy. And redeemed for it, at considerable cost. Certain vagrant moments are, moreover, clues to the narrative structure and texture of things.

For just this moment, he wanted her to see him for who he was, without the pity he knew she'd feel when she found out the truth.

The story of a marriage was an excellent way to fulfill the goal of discussing class without discussing class, and to tell an audience that they were upwardly mobile.

I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.

Teachers are more than any other group the guardians of civilization.

How bright and transparent the moonlight of wisdom.

You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner.

I dwell with a strangely aching heart In that vanished abode there far apart

I think producers are more interested in backing concepts than directors and writers. I don't think that's the right way of making a decision about whether you're going to back a film or not.

Spontaneity is being present in the present.