It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.

Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.

A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Let there be no scales to weigh your un-known treasure

The first step in any Journey, Is the belief that the road will open up in front of you even if you cant see it....

Some people are sass monsters on twitter. Like honey, you need to chill.

I like Brando's acting ... and James Dean ... and Richard Widmark. Quite a few of 'em I like.

I look on cinema as a pulpit, and use it as a propagandist.

Writing a book is quite an undertaking and I wouldn't want to do it just to do it.

The arts saved my life.

I do have a muse. I am not sure how to describe her. She can be very elusive. She was born in England but has Mediterranean ancestry.

Now the [smartphone] has freed everybody, and so everybody gets better. No matter what you say, people will check you out on their phone.