In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary.

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.

I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things.

The world needs leaders of vision instead of leaders on television.

Everyone wants a voice in human freedom. There's a fire burning inside all of us.

The fall of the Berlin Wall makes for nice pictures. But it all started in the shipyards.

Words are plentiful; deeds are precious.

Deep faith eliminates fear.

Obviously people want social calm, but if you do not let clever and ingenious people to participate, obviously there must be some dormant volcano that will erupt, sooner or later.

I want to learn. I deserve to read and write. Thoughts for company, and a pen for a voice. Who is more entitled to those privileges than I?

When I think about books, I touch my shelf.

You don't know how Fate finds you, and neither do I. But until it does, we get to be whatever we can be."pg 354

You have to accept and agree with this short notice that “having a dream is different from fulfilling a dream”. “To have a dream” is just a bargaining process

To be angry implies you care

If we had no winter the spring would not be so pleasant.

For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.

It's hard to win awards if there are no roles.

I don't think I've gotten any smarter, but your reflexes slow down before you do something stupid when you're older.

I love making films more than anything, but it's tough.