It is unfortunate for the gods that, unlike us, they cannot commit suicide.

Yes -- or rather, it's not so much that I want to die as that I'm tired of living.

I have no conscience at all -- least of all an artistic conscience. All I have is nerves.

Faith can be interested in results only, for a truth once recognized as such puts an end to the believer's thinking.

Knowing is important, but understanding is everything.

A man who called everyone a damn fool is like a man who damns the weather. He only shows that he is not adapted to his environment, not that the environment is wrong.

My innovation involved taking an idea from the telecommunications and banking industries, and applying that idea to transportation business.

I think, ultimately, if you create characters that people like and can relate to, your characters are grounded on a human level even if your cars are not.

Life is a farce, and should not end with a mourning scene.

The saddest thing of word or pen, To know the things that might have been.

When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought is incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.

When someone won't let you in, eventually you stop knocking.

There's only one way to prep, so far as I know. You have your script, you hire the people you want, you find your locations and your setups, everybody shows up and you shoot the film.