It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

The sunset glow of self-possession.

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.

Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.

I was no longer able to hear the music that issues from a decent piece of prose.

our heads were full of nebulous ideas, which cast an idealized, almost romantic glow over life

They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of involvement with others, and the total self-sufficiency of lives which, needing nothing, were never dissapointed.

I drive a hybrid, moving into an electric car. I only drink tap water, never consume food that's travelled.

Life is a flash of lightning in the dark of night. It is a brief time of tremendous potential.

A great deal of my battle, as an actor, is to widdle away the things that make me self-conscious and try to trick myself into not being self-conscious.

The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the box and expressing yourself however you want to.

Our differences with [Joseph] Stalin are entirely of a strategical character.

Nonviolence is a quality not of the body but of the soul.

But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.