There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.

When everyone is against you, it means you are absolutely wrong - or you are absolutely right.

When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong--or absolutely right.

When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong-- or absolutely right.

Rome is not outside me, but inside me.. Her feverish sweetness, her tragic countryside, her own beauty and harmony, all these are mine, for my thought and my work.

Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm.

I grew up listening to albums by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix, and they all worked on that multi-layered level.

You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.

How soon will time cover all things.

It was not meant that the soul should cultivate the earth, but that the earth should educate and maintain the soul.

Dad always says that I could sing before I could talk

That which you give to another will become your own sustenance; if you light a lamp for another, your own way will be lit.

You can use social media to turn strangers into friends, friends into customers and customers into salespeople.

We are marking the anniversary of the Arctic convoys.We really do consider members of the Arctic convoy to be heroes. This is true. I am not saying this as a fashion of speech.