Other people's appetites easily appear excessive when one doesn't share them.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

A single death is a tragedy

You cannot prove your worth by bylines and busyness.

A comic script is basically a love letter from you to your artist.

There are so many talented people in film today. There seem to be poor scripts, but the actors and actresses are very talented.

As government grows, its increased power to grant favors or inflict pain attracts more people who would abuse the system.

I just love the American spirit of racing. It feels just great to get involved with that.

When my 'Scientific American' arrives every month, I read it cover to cover.

Even dreams, the most delicate and intangible of things, can prove remarkable difficult to kill.

As an actor timing is important, especially as a mother with small children, so a lot is chance.

The work exists for the person as much as the person exists for the work.