When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

To choose light is to reject darkness.

Shine brightly, so you can help those who have not found their path a way through the darkness.

The stars look like they're so close, you could reach out and touch them. But you can't. Sometimes things look a lot closer than they are.

The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.

Being the number one pick was a great opportunity and meant a lot to me.

I prefer to make a film that people have a really intense reaction to than have a film that people feel ambivalent about.

I have come to believe that giving and receiving are really the same. Giving and receiving - not giving and taking

Everything is banal in experience, fleeting in duration, sordid in content; in all respects the same today as generations now dead and buried have found it to be.

I think that first nights should come near the end of a play's run-as indeed, they often do.

I really enjoy working on adaptations.