I'm afraid that the gift of visiting the past is all that we have. We can revisit it, but only as it happened.

Lovers of words have no place where honest work must be done.

There are no accidents in this world, that no living being is seduced into an entanglement that he did not invite with his innermost desires. Would you agree with my estimation?

I am more human than rational.

I am telling you that the child will not out live the buildings. Do you understand that wheras women may touch the immortal by giving birth, men--great men-- must build monuments and seek fame?

Strive for perfection, knowing it will never be achieved.

Tears never were worth the effort of crying them.

Filmmaking is akin to writing on water.

Painting is the art of hollowing a surface.

I will always love psychology, and the basis of psychology is family.

I only wish I had more time for fund raising.

Have no respect whatsoever for authority; forget who said it and instead look what he starts with, where he ends up, and ask yourself, "Is it reasonable?"

The clergy, no less than the capitalist class, lives on the backs of the people, profits from the degradation, the ignorance and the oppression of the people.

Choose your friends carefully, for you will tend to be like them and be found where they choose to go.

They don't have special rights because we have civil rights laws that protect them. The laws work both ways.