The glow of inspiration warms us; it is a holy rapture.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Clones fit in. Freaks stand out. Ask me which one I prefer.

For love to be forever, first it must be true.

Non-fiction, and in particular the literary memoir, the stylised recollection of personal experience, is often as much about character and story and emotion as fiction is.

This is very clever. They have created a system to cheat.

I couldn't do rap. I was trying. I don't know how. I'm not good enough to know.

Good people drink good beer.

I think there are a lot more relationship scenes in my movies that people tend to overlook. A lot of scenes really feel real and are about the characters.

Comedy's about opening up and being unique, but to a point where the audience can relate to what you're saying.

The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational.

I tell ye true, liberty is the best of all things; never live beneath the noose of a servile halter.