It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.

Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.

I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won't.

I'm a perfectionist; there's always something we need to improve upon, and I think that's a really healthy model for artistic growth and progressing. I'm not ready for a masterpiece.

Even if I thought he as perfect for her." She turned to face him. "What were we thinking?" "We weren't," he said. "We were in love.

Me personally, I wouldn't put my kids on television. But to each his own.

Fasting is the greatest remedy-- the physician within.

A person's age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.

The curse of Adam and Eve that fell upon the earth because of their sin will be lifted when Christ returns.

Society imposes an identity on you because of the way you look. Your struggle as a self has to do with an identity being imposed on you that you know is not your identity.