Nobility of character manifests itself at loop-holes when it is not provided with large doors.

Cats love one so much - more than they will allow. But they have so much wisdom they keep it to themselves.

No matter how tired or wretched I am, a pussycat sitting in a doorway can divert my mind.

Any deviation from the ordinary course of life in this quiet town was enough to stop all progress in it.

The Cat was a creature of absolute convictions, and his faith in his deductions never varied.

sometimes duties act on the soul like weeds on a flower. They crowd it out.

The dog without his master was like a body without a soul.

Every builder builds somewhat for unknown purposes, and is in a measure a prophet.

I know I never work in whatever gets called an office, e.g., a school office I use only for meeting students and storing books I know I'm not going to read anytime soon.

I never expected my graduate degrees to give me all the practical how-to's that can perhaps only be learned through the school of hard knocks.

I love jokes, but God, jokes can go so wrong. I have stayed up many nights thinking, "F**k. I can't believe I made that silly little joke. That was a disaster."

When subject matter is forced to fit into preconceived patterns, there can be no freshness of vision. Following rules of composition can only lead to a tedious repetition of pictorial cliches.

Some persons have ventured to say that it is only since Englishmen ceased to believe in the Bible that they began to discover how beautiful it was.

We are a communicating nation which needs access to space, access to the seas.

The only advice I can really give to the young filmmakers is to be persistent, don't give up, and keep watching and making as many movies as you possibly can.

I just want to write. It's like once I get those obsessive thoughts out of my head, once they're written down, they're somehow set free and I can move on.

You should visit before you pass judgment on a place.

Civil government being the sole object of forming societies, its administration must be conducted by common consent.