I wouldn't want to marry anybody who was wicked, but I think I'd like it if he could be wicked and wouldn't.

We are never half so interesting when we have learned that language is given us to enable us to conceal our thoughts.

You must pay the penalty of growing-up, Paul. You must leave fairyland behind you.

I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.

Kindred spirits alone do not change with the changing years.

Oh", she thought, "how horrible it is that people have to grow up-and marry-and change!

...the sorrows God sent us brought comfort and strength with them, while the sorrows we brought on ourselves, through folly or wickedness, were by far the hardest to bear.

I love them, they are so nice and selfish. Dogs are TOO good and unselfish. They make me feel uncomfortable. But cats are gloriously human.

That's one of the things we learn as we grow older -- how to forgive. It comes easier at forty than it did at twenty.

People told her she hadn't changed much, in a tone which hinted they were surprised and a little disappointed she hadn't.

I feel as if I had opened a book and found roses of yesterday sweet and fragrant, between its leaves.

The real problem with all drugs is that they work. Fantastically. They're great, right up until the moment they kill you.

I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years.

For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles.

Thought, unassisted by learning, is dangerous.

Finding a name for something is a way of conjuring its existence, of making it possible for people to see a pattern where they didn't see anything before.

I believe I am a better director than actor. I enjoy acting if the part is right. Directing comes very naturally to me. I enjoy it. I am very confident in my work.

Better for you to have one sleepless night on earth than millions in hell.

In times of tragedies, our duty is to lend a helping hand to those in grief and thus light lamps of kindness and compassion.

I am in control. What athlete you know doesn't call the shots? I have the final say.

Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture.