I don't want the technology of the 1950s, but I want the free market of the 1950s.

But glad to have sat underThunder and rain with you, And grateful tooFor sunlight on the garden.

A lot of people think I'm under a lot of pressure with my family and friends spending all that money to follow me around

To admire Satan [in Paradise Lost] is to give one's vote not only for a world of misery, but also for a world of lies and propaganda, of wishful thinking, of incessant autobiography.

Ask the first man you meet what he means by defending freedom, and he'll tell you privately he means defending the standard of living.

We need another universe, a smaller one; with more Earth's and less Saturn's; more alive and less dead!

All of the things I've directed, I'm really emotionally close to. That's why I choose to direct them and spend years on them.

Grab it while you can — grab every scrap of happiness while you can

Remember, life is all what you focus on. Learn lessons and keep moving forward towards your goals and dreams... "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

Think about what artists, novelists and poets have in common: the ability to engage in metaphorical thinking, linking seemingly unrelated ideas, such as, 'It is the east, and Juliet is the Sun.'

She believed in dreams, all right, but she also believed in doing something about them. When Prince Charming didn't come along, she went over to the palace and got him.