Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes 'sight-seeing.'

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

I write to discover what I think.

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.

We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in their place.

No agnostic ever burned anyone at the stake or tortured a pagan, a heretic, or an unbeliever.

Successful people have always been the ones to learn from the mistakes of others as well as from their successes.

To set goals and pursue them, we must have a desire to dream of things some would think to be impossible.

If there is no case to take care of, then you will take care to create a case to take care of. Otherwise your system becomes useless.

Art is the response to the demand for entertainment, for the stimulation of our senses and imagination, and truth enters into it only as it subserves these ends.

Different genres allow me to not feel so hemmed in by my own voice, tics, style.

I'm interested, I suppose, in tortured power.

Everyone turns toward someone. Look for one scarred by the King's polo stick.

A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values.

I'm 62 years old. Am I old enough to win a lifetime achievement award? Yes, I am. Thank you very much.