Regret is a painful thing. Few people understand that there are three important things that leave us and can never return. Words. Time. Opportunity. These are things we can never get back.

Please let there be another life. I need a real taste of forever with you. This ... this isn't long enough.

I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings.

The clear and simple words of common usage are always better than those of erudition. The jargon of the philosophers not seldom conceals an absence of thought.

A lost job can put a smile on any shareholder's face.

Social welfare is the most corrosive behavioral force ever unleashed by man.

I wanted to tell stories that moved. Nothing stays the same, and that's why photography is important. The world flickers and changes, and that's why video is important.

We suffer from an incurable malady: Hope.

But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough.

Ideals and morality are often spoken of as virtual antimatter to the behaviors allegedly needed to maximize profits.

A lot of people recognize me or feel that they know me. A lot of times when I speak, they recognize my voice. It's fun, it's exciting. It's always good feedback.