Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Tragedy isn't getting something or failure to get it; it's losing something you already have. Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.

Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

When failure imprisons you for not doing what you should have done, you have no option than to bail yourself on the promise of trying again! Try again!

Art for art's sake.

Life like war is a series of mistakes and he is best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes.

Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.

To make a documentary is one thing, to make a feature film is quite another.

Screenwriting is an opportunity to fly first class, be treated like a celebrity, sit around the pool and be betrayed.

I was just a big guy running down with a big, deep pocket and little short stick putting it against my chest.

Outside books, we avoid colorful characters.

The next Google or Facebook will come from somewhere other than Silicon Valley.

I think the older you get the harder it is to [lose] probably. Your metabolism slows down, whatever, but I'm a pretty active person.