It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

Learning to accept help from others is not a sign of weakness it's a badge of courage reflecting mutual trust between the giver and the receiver.

... we honor the people we lost by loving again.

You always were beautiful, and you always will be beautiful.

All play and no work makes me a happy girl

Do something! Start something! As you make consistent efforts, you will begin to see your goals come into focus. You will discover your mission--the one only you can fulfill.

So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot.

Defend your beliefs with courtesy and with compassion, but defend them.

I want to see people dance, and I would like to guess what kind of people they are. I don't want to know the recipe for their pasta.

I only write maybe one or two songs every couple of years that I think are good enough to play alone without other stuff happening.

That's why my attitude, even on my larger-scale movies, is to make them cheap. The less these things cost, the better for everybody.