Life is but an empty dream

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.

Apathy is grossly undervalued and never there for me when I need it.

When you meet a new friend, the world has more light in it, doesn't it? Things become more spontaneous, and more full of laughing and freedom and novelty.

Everything in the country, animate and inanimate, seems to whisper, be serene, be kind, be happy. We grow tolerant there unconsciously.

To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent.

Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts.

When you are a king, you may make as many ridiculous laws as you like. That is what being a king is all about.

I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor.

There is no greater power in the world than the zest of a postmenopausal woman.

Granted, the writers, directors, producers, and that community make a great deal of money. But they might be choosing to do a whole lot of other things for the living they make.