Nothing is more consonant with Nature than that she puts into operation in the smallest detail that which she intends as a whole.

Live each day as if your life had just begun.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

I want to eat, cook, meet famous people and make fun of them.

I just try to be the best I can, but I'm human.

The state is made for man, not man for the state.... That is to say, the state should be our servant and not we its slaves

I only made two studio movies, that was a long time ago and obviously I removed myself. I think some of that is geographical. I live in New York and I want to work there, it's as simple as that.

It's never my intent to be controversial but I don't shy away from it.

There are natures in which, if they love us, we are conscious of having a sort of baptism and consecration.

When thou dost tell another's jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.

Willpower is steam for life's locomotion.

The good thing about movies is that they're subjective. You can connect to different themes depending on your own perspective.

It's not that I'm a Type-B personality. It's that I'm driven by a passionate, all-consuming desire to take it easy.