There has to be something we can do to undo whatever it is we have done.

... his second... must give him the pleasantest proof of its being a great deal better to choose than to be chosen, to excite gratitude than to feel it.

Everyone will be taxed according to his means.

As far as I know, if you take your time, write a good script and make a good film, then give the audience time, they will accept it.

I try to make that tension almost stupidly overt in my projects, almost ridiculously so. I keep coming back to the same obvious points again and again.

PLATONIC, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost.

This Nation was established by men who believed in God. ... You will see the evidence of this deep religious faith on every hand.

In the printed page the only real things are the paper and the ink; the white spaces play the same part in aiding the eye to take in the meaning of the print as do the black letters.

I went to a lovely school, and I got an incredible education. And I actually think that my education is what really sets me apart, 'cause I'm very smart.

Nature has granted the use of life like a loan, without fixing any day for repayment.

Wit: a whim followed by a wham.