The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass.

A burlesque word is often a powerful sermon.

Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease. [Fr., Ce que l'on concoit bien s'enonce clairement, Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisement.]

Of all the animals which fly in the air, walk on the land, or swim in the sea, from Paris to Peru, from Japan to Rome, the most foolish animal in my opinion is man.

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.

Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty times upon the anvil. [Fr., Hatez-vous lentement; et, sans perdre courage, Vingt fois sur le metier remettez votre ouvrage.]

Whate'er is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease.

In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.

Often the fear on one evil leads us into a worse.

Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease.

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

A master's (an artist's) Modus Vivendi is to guide his creative self on the path of generating ideas, in a synergistic work resonating with the client's needs and Universe inspiration.

I like that we don't have to come out the first 10 minutes and score, you know, with joke, joke, joke. We can open it in a more novel way and keep playing different pranks as we go through the thing.

In the end we can never be given knowledge by others; we can only be stimulated. We must develop our own knowledge.

People have said I have a Napoleon complex. But I've always had to fight for everything that I have.

The world doesn't make sense until you force it to.

I should not believe in a God who does not dance.

Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the same frame of mind as the musician. So a critic will often say a musician is slipping.

To read your own mind is to look at your self and read your soul. Hatred becomes love and that is the path I am working on

I'm fed up with the idiots... the ever-widening gap between people who know how to make movies and the people who green-light the movies.

I have to come out of the closet of the third person and speak in a more direct way.