The only thing binding individuals together is ideas. Ideas mutate and spread

Every man has been called to produce a certain number of products within the time allocated to him to live on earth and failure to hit the target would mean a wasted life.

Lotus Eaters is a movie about people who can't really be alone, but they're always alone, really, even when they're together.

Recitation of the Qur'an without contemplation and thought is futile.

Envy is the coward side of Hate, And all her ways are bleak and desolate.

Love wakes men, once a lifetime each; They lift their heavy lids, and look; And, lo, what one sweet page can teach They read with joy, then shut the book.

Kitsch generates pseudonovelty with no new insight into reality, or else does not concern itself at all with the new and produces its effects with more or less academic eclecticism.

There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled for riches.

The effectiveness of your work will never rise above your ability to lead and influence others.

Like Melrose Abbey, large cities should especially be viewed by moonlight.

Yes, actually ever since I saw his films and tried to write about them, Sirk's been in everything I've done. Not Sirk himself, but what I've learned from his work.