Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.

Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.

The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.

The only dependable law of life - everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be.

Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.

I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I'm under the table/After four I'm under my host.

Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.

Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.

If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.

Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.

Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.

Being grateful for what you have is the key to peace and happiness.

You can always hold out for something better when you know your self worth.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Mathematical objects are determined by - and understood by - the network of relationships they enjoy with all the other objects of their species.

Don't be a half-Christian. There are too many of such in the world. The world has a profound respect for people who are sincere in their faith.

I initially studied literature [in France], and then I went to cinema school. I discovered the Cinematheque, and saw not only action movies and westerns, but also lots of serious movies.

Party politics is now a real farce.

For order represents our fear and nervousness. We create ordered interiors as a protest over the passing of things, to define our mortal lives against the void of time.

Every country that aspires to become a nation needs its heroes, its eminent civic and moral leaders, and if it doesn't have them, it's our duty to invent them.

I really love being in postproduction. First of all, it's all quite self-interested: You can protect things.