I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein.
In family life people almost always adjust themselves to misfortune. They make a bed of it and hope makes them accept that bed, however hard it is.
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
If we all said to people's faces what we say behind one another's backs, society would be impossible.
Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.
A truly comic, invented world must live at the same time as the world we live in.
There is no moral distinction between the act of a pickpocket and the progressive income tax.
So there is a personal sense of style for a given work - I don't like a general style, but every work has its own style, and I want to create a style for every work.
Either one fails in one's art or in one's life.