When did life start being something you had to work at and not something that just is?

You cannot be a positive influence to the “sinners at the table" if you refuse to dine with them.

As a resident, my highest ideal was not saving lives -- everyone dies eventually -- but guiding a patient or family to an understanding of death or illness.

Shame was one of those things that had to be excised like a cancer, but it was a hard thing to remove when it was wrapped around your heart.

There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.

You can do anything you put your mind to. I don't care what situation you're in.

I develop my work in a time that, from my point of view, is much more #‎ romantic than the present day

The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury.

We may be reaching the end of the era in which individual movies meant something to people. In the new era, movies may just mean a barrage of images.

How do you identify someone who needs encouragement? That person is breathing.

No healthy civilization can ever be reared on a foundation of devitalized work.