Whatever the flows of our modern times are the idea is that you can create something new out of nothing.

An overblown conscience is an empty conscience.

The cult of happiness turns into a huge concern which to my opinion is exactly contrary to what happiness should be: a paradise of enchantment.

You don't have to give people fish everyday but instead you must give them the pole to learn how to fish themselves.

You're happy when you leave your concerns to the side and when you experience a pure moment of joy with friends.

We should distinguish between responsibility and guilt. Guilt only touches the ones who committed the crimes but the son of a criminal is not a criminal himself.

Guilt is a very good thing if it is shared by others.

Remorse is extremely useful for a generation which has in fact dirtied its hands but for the next generation you cannot ask, for instance, young Germans today to feel guilty about Hitlerism.

Frustration is a bad experience. What you have to stress is the satisfaction.

You construct your happiness as you construct a house and you have to work on it. It is a daily job.

Love finds beauty in the midst of ugliness and makes the journey of life worthwhile.

There are times when a man has need of the open heavens to compass his thoughts.

The Twilight Zone' wasn't around with the kids. They think going up in space is neat. Within their lifetime, there will be paying passengers on the shuttle.

Acting is a reflex, a mechanism for development and survival. . . . It isn't 'second nature,' it is 'first nature.'

We shall know what things are of overmastering importance when they have overmastered us.

Yeah, I'm going to need a leather jacket for when I'm on my hog and need to go into a controlled slide.

When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didnt have time.

I can smell when someone has a cavity. It's a very specific smell - not a bad-breath smell - but something that is really strong.

I am not so foolish as to murmur, if now, since I have drunk up my wine and beer, I have to put up with skimmed milk and sour.

The best piece of advice that I have ever received is from my mom. And she said, "Do you, boo boo." That is forever going to be the best advice.