Nothing is as dangerous as a sure thing.

Never say no to an idea - you never know how that idea will ignite another idea.

However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.

I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want.

You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.

Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.

The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.

Most true things are kind of corny, don’t you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment.

Catherine had never wanted comfort more, and [Henry] looked as if he was aware of it.

A blank page is no empty space. It is brimming with potential... It is a masterpiece in waiting -- yours.

I think right now the focus of people involved in food issues have to be legislative resolution at the county, city, state, and national level. I just don't think we can run away from it anymore.

I don't want to be unapproachable.

We can easily forgive want of means; but littleness, with means, is disgusting.

The opposite of Prosperity is not poverty. It is anxiety.

I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.

Time means nothing to me.

I find that even small changes sometimes jog you out of a mental rut.