Starvation, not sin, is the parent of modern crime.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

I spent all the money I had, to get the sacred books of my life.

Don't give a gift with expectation to get but if you have got a gift always try to give.

Everyone has a home but me.

[Cinema]… obeys the laws of the mind rather than those of the outer world.

Another fact that doesn't exactly brighten up our days is that Mr. Van Maaren, the man who works in the warehouse, is getting suspicious about the Annex.

In moviemaking, you learn to pay attention to detail, because so much is in the detail. And when you're shooting, you try to be very alert to what's going on, even if you're tired.

We had been so close to missing each other, he and I. He had turned out to be the greatest gift of all.

You love tests?" "Well, yeah. There are questions and answers. True or false, multiple choice, essay. What's not to love?

I never aspired to be 2nd. I was taught... you can do whatever you want in this world, so why not be the best in the world?

If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command.