Flatulency today consists in saying simply in several different ways the same thing over and over again.

Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism...the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young.

While the novel-writer aims at an eminently natural method of transcription, the author of the short story adopts a very artificial one

If the bell of intolerance tolls for one, it tolls for all.

Live deep instead of fast.

Live deep instead of fast. I think this is what Thoreau meant.

A short story is simplification to the highest degree

The function of the Short Story is to be interesting, to convey vivid impressions, an therefore it must, to a degree, work with the evident and superficial thing

There is no lifeguard on duty. We each swim at our own risk during this short journey." ~ Lisa Fantino/Amalfi Blue

I think, as a filmmaker, it's important to be honest with yourself at all times in terms of what's working and what's not.

If you really love something, you never try to keep it the way it is forever. You have to let it be free to change.

I don't read horror, ever. When I was 15, I made the mistake of reading part of 'The Exorcist.' It was the first and last horror book I've ever opened.

Television is what made It's a Wonderful Life the classic it is today.

I’ve been a con artist since I was 16 and trying to get my dad to buy me a car. I never succeeded, but I learnt a lot of tactics.

Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.

My cat speaks sign language with her tail.

...'Goose girl, may I kiss you?' She answered by... kissing him first.

True confidence comes from realizing the view.