We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.

Environmental cleanliness begins with each individual desire to be clean.

Water is so friendly when you have it on your palms, but so evil when they have you on theirs.

I've always wanted to write movies - I always used to tell my mom that I wanted to be a director.

I researched fiction writing for months before I taught my first class, much of it looking for strong techniques from bestselling authors.

Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.

"I count a lot of things that there's no need to count," Cameron said. "Just because that's the way I am. But I count all the things that need to be counted."

Sexy is kind of like an aura around someone.

Filmmaking is not a balancing act, although some directors think it is. I don't believe in it. I like ups and downs. They're the best way to translate my feelings to the screen.

The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ.