Just do it! let others try it.

I am unaware of his plans but I shall never stop believing in them because I cannot fathom them and I prefer to mistrust my own intellectual capacities than his justice.

It's hard to tell who has your back, from who has it long enough just to stab you in it....

Human nature is pretty shabby stuff, as you may know from introspection.

Books and knowledge are the two most powerful drugs.

In the second century of the Christian era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind.

I prefer to make a film that people have a really intense reaction to than have a film that people feel ambivalent about.

Effective leaders share two intertwined attributes: an unbridled level of confidence about where their organizations are headed, and the ability to bring people along.

I used to get criticized for putting food in novels.

I have never refused to talk to any authorities or give them any information I had.