Scientists care deeply about their place in that culture, and their contribution to it.

But what is more, if we have succeeded in adding to the basic understanding of our universe and ourselves, we will have made a contribution to the totality of human culture.

You do not have to sit outside in the dark. If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is necessary. But the stars neither require nor demand it.

I am not one who was born with great wisdom. I love the ancients and diligently seek wisdom among them.

I’ve never pondered my own life until I started watching fictional ones fight for theirs.

Women are aroused by the strangest things, like a rock going through their bedroom window

What's the use of the wind if it won't take you away on it?

People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.

If it's a woman it's caustic, if it's a man it's authority, If it's a woman it's too pushy, if it's a man it's aggressive in the best sense of the word.

Of all the priceless objects left behind, this is what we rescue. These artifacts. Memory cues. Useless souvenirs. Nothing you could auction. The scars left from happiness.

When I make a movie, it's almost a relief to get shooting 'cause the hell is over, or part of the hell is over.

We are not permitted to linger, even with what is most intimate.