We live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom: our body.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.

My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.

When you work to please others you can't succeed, but the things you do to satisfy yourself stand a chance of catching someone's interest.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.

One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself.

If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.

Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think.

The deepest and darkest dungeons that we are ever flung into are the dungeons of the mind

Who supports the troops? The troops support the troops.

but I don't want to wear a condom because I don't feel anything," and she says calmly... glaring at me,"If you don't use one you're not going to feel anything anyway.

The way I've been able to embrace fame is by realizing that celebrity is just a means to send whatever message you want out into the world.

Sweet and glorious it is to die for our country.

Try to avoid complaints. Self-pity even when legitimate never fails to undermine your strength.

When you deal with nonfiction you deal with human characters.

I believe young female directors in particular should always remind themselves of the truths of their own stories and not let outsiders influence the authenticity of their films.

One good deed dying tongueless Slaughters a thousand waiting upon that. Our praises are our wages.