I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are.

Never say no to an idea - you never know how that idea will ignite another idea.

However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.

I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want.

You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.

Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.

The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.

Greatness can only brought through time.

Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film.

If silence only conveys the Self, if all words and thoughts are illusions, why do we discuss it?

Delegating doesn't mean passing off work you don't enjoy, but letting your employees stretch their skills and judgment.

I always said I wanted to be a great athlete, ever since I was an overweight little kid. I just love competing in any kind of athletics.

I am glad that I was given the chance. I knew I could still play at a high level.

I first came to London when I was 22 and working as a roadie. Having watched the 'News At Ten' all my life, I thought Big Ben was going to be massive, but I was underwhelmed.

Life's not about sitting at home in front of the TV waiting for your life to begin. Get out there and take some chances.

The perfection of yoga is to become detached. And the perfection of detachment is to become completely attached, attached to God.

When a man tells me God hath spoken in a dream, I know he dreamt that God spoke to him.