Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects.

It is not faith per se that creates the problem; it is conviction, the notion that one cannot be wrong, that opposing views are necessarily invalid and may even be intolerable.

The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do. That is why they are blockheads.

The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders.

... the truth is that when your people don't tell you what you need to know, it's a failure of leadership.

We could never know who we truly were until we heard the whispers of the stars.

Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines.

Man has always seen himself the peak of creation. The part of the universe that thinks. The purpose for it all. It's no doubt a gratifying view, but the universe may have a different opinion.

Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters.

Universal deities ... never seem to smile. Not in any culture. What's the point of having omnipotence if you don't enjoy it?

The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.

If there's one thing I believe, its that I don't know anything and anything can happen

If you want change and don’t make choices that reflect the change, you are making a choice to keep things the same.

You know, equality is a myth, and for some reason, everyone accepts the fact that women don't make as much money as men do. I don't understand that. Why do we have to take a backseat?

Pedantry crams our heads with learned lumber and takes out our brains to make room for it.

The worst question really comes from the attitude of the asker and it usually comes in the form of "What was your inspiration for the film?"

We forget the origin of a parvenu if he remembers it; we remember it if he forgets it.

Sometimes I - I try not to read too many fiction or novels.

Sometimes when we forget to do things for others, it's because we're too wrapped up in our own problems.

Nothing is as depressing as absolute logic. Look at the maze of French politics perpetrated by a logical people.

All my work is created from personal experiences. My hope is always that others will see it as a gateway, develop their own message and feel a part of the art.