there was a feeling as if I carried a small leaden coffin in the place of my heart

It is not enough that I succeed, everyone else must fail.

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

We can only learn to love by loving.

Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.

Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.

The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart.

I feel half faded away like some figure in the background of an old picture.

Life isn't a book. There's no guarantee of a happy ending.

My apartment reflects my views as an architect. It is minimal, austere. The architecture doesn't impose itself upon you. The apartment is a stage for other things to take place.

I just don't want to copy the current trends or do movies for teenagers. I want people to get more out of movies.

In so many areas of life, I'm a spaz and incompetent.

Since my life as a prisoner has begun I have heard the teachings of the white man's religion, and in many respects believe it to be better than the religion of my fathers

Good software, like wine, takes time.

On your birthday today, don't Look up 'Life Expectancy' coz I suspect As you've reached 60, you want to be happy, Trust me, you'll be depressed.

Environments are not just containers, but are processes that change the content totally.

Motor racing's less of a sport these days than a commercial break doing 150 mph.

Right after 'Raymond' I had a world-is-my-oyster attitude, but I found out I don't like oysters. I had this existential emptiness.'What is my purpose? Who am I?' I had a big identity crisis.