She was his north star, the fixed point round which his world turned. For as long as his heart beat, or hers, he believed they would always share a destiny.

Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it.

Trust your instincts, and make judgements on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you.

I was a man before I was a king, and no true man walks away when a friend needs him.

I would have offered you a forest of truth, but you wish to speak of a single leaf

Hate is the father of all evil.

... Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods

You have this ability to find beauty in weird places.

I like your opera - I think I will set it to music

Growth is never by mere chance it is the result of forces working together.

I like to think I'm a pretty good-natured guy and pretty civil and probably not ever truly guilty in any serious way of any legal infractions.

People are under the illusion that it's easy...Technically, it is complex. You have a million options with equipment to distract you. I tell my students to simplify their equipment.

Wherever people are in their evolution, they start to come into that hope and feeling like they are okay, that they're going to be okay.

Life's a lot easier when you're dumb.

The greatest discoveries are those that shed light unto ourselves.

I've been shooting movies and television shows for now 47 years and I've worked with the best of them and [Kirk Douglas] is the only movie star I ever met.

How often do we do that, he wondered--look at someone and fail to see what's really there?