While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.

Charity . . . is the opium of the privileged.

Some of Jimmy Stewart's performance in 'It's A Wonderful Life' is some of the most disturbing performance he ever did, when he falls apart and when he breaks down.

This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords.

You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning is attached to every line. You must be most particular about detail and proportion.

One place understood helps us understand all places better

Saying we can't afford to invest in early child development means we're storing up bigger costs in the future.

When there is official censorship it is a sign that speech is serious. Where there is none, it is pretty certain that the official spokesmen have all the loud-speakers.

My parents were both actors my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.

I just know that I love to write songs, and I have for a long time.

We are reassured almost as foolishly as we are alarmed; human nature is so constituted.

To be nothing - is that not, after all, the most satisfactory fact in the whole world?