I do believe God gave me a spark of genius, but he quenched it in misery.

The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

There is no beauty without some strangeness

All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.

And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

We wonder with our thoughts to the heavens.

Amphibians—the word comes from the Greek meaning ‘double life.

Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.

Women must be the spokesmen for a new humanity arising out of the reconciliation of spirit and body.

The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.

Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you'll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.

A father is a thousand schoolmasters.

I'm not making films for middle aged journalists, who are mostly men. I make films that hopefully entertain people, where they can learn something about life.

I've always thrived on the encouragement of others.

I've made 30-plus films over 20 years. And in my opinion, five of them are good.