To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life.

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

It's been a long time since I've been me.

I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

If you refuse to deal with time today, time will deal with you tomorrow.

Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself remains a very effective therapist.

Let's make sure we're doing what we can in our own backyard to gain our energy independence and to create American jobs with American energy.

I do think the U.S. has a moral and political leadership role to play.

The human brain must continue to frame the problems for the electronic machine to solve.

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to get out better papers.

I will follow my instincts, be myself for good or ill, and see what will be the upshot.

I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day

I've done my bit for motion pictures-I've stopped making them.