Who is ever adequate? We all create situations each other can't live up to, then break our hearts at them because they don't.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

We are minor in everything but our passions.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

When we started out, you could design a chip with a few guys in a basement.

I often make movies that involve depression or deep holes of sadness, although there are also these other great things in 'New Moon,' like this epic set-piece at the end of the film in Italy.

When the lights go out at a power plant sometime in the future, we're going to know that that's a consequence of deprioritizing defense for the sake of an advantage in terms of offense.

To give law enforcement the additional tools it needs to track down terror here at home.

People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different.

A book is a most delightful companion. It gives, and does not take.

The experience reminds me of a favorite saying: Most of the yield from research efforts comes from the coal that is mined while looking for diamonds.

I've very critical of myself, and film has been an adjustment for me.

The happiest is the man who is not at all selfish.

Once you're alive, you can't ever be dead.