The scholar seeks the artist finds.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

I prayed for all his dreams to come true. I prayed that I would always be able to connect with him--even if I was no longer on earth.

Everyone has something to hide. And if they couldn't hide it the world would be in a lot worse mess than it is.

The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose aiming at something outside self.

Planning is my favorite - to have a vision and watch it materialize.

God is God. I dethrone Him in my heart if I demand that he act in ways that satisfy my idea of justice.

To support whatever is right, and to bring in justice where weve had so much injustice.

I don't want to be ordinary. I'm willing to do the work. I'm willing to suffer the indignities of comedy because I want to be great. I don't want to just be good. I want to be great.

To an outsider, I just seem like a list of accomplishments. To me, all there is is how often I fail.

When I do a Western, I often wonder what I would have really done in that situation.

The same spirit runs through everything I do.