The little religion that I have clung to-that what matters most is the continuity of life, and its improvement from one generation to another.

I never ate of the grapes nor feared of the eruptions.

There are only two kinds of class: First class and no class.

The success of a production depends on the attention paid to detail.

If you're not accurate, you'll cause untold trouble.

It's somehow symbolic of Hollywood that Tara was just a facade, with no rooms inside.

If and when we get married, only a completely opposite system will prevail.

I don't think I'm going to do any good work this morning.

She has good instincts, but wrong judgments. She'll rue the day.

Under no circumstances would it be right for me to go with MGM. Irene shares my opinion.

If you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract.

I do not take orders from women.”“My men do not have a similar problem.” Lada lifted a hand. The man fell, a crossbow bolt sticking out of his chest.

The wide corridor up the centre of E Block was floored with linoleum the colour of tired old limes, and so what was the Last Mile at other prisons was called the Green Mile at Cold Mountain.

To be an architect is to possess an individual voice speaking a generally understood language of form.

Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.

[On the metaphysical:] ... I knew in some marvelous way I had touched the hem of the unknown. And being me, I wanted to lift that hemline a little bit more.

Lift your head up high, and scream to the world. I know I am someone, and let the truth unfurl.

Dwelling on pain, spending too much time immersed in it, tasting its flavors, fingering its textures--this makes it only more potent.

You never know what people are going to go and see.

Public behavior is nurtured in private; earthshaking measures come form careful steps.