Outside of taking care of a man’s needs, women don’t get much pleasure out of life, anyways.

Just tell the truth, and they'll accuse you of writing black humor.

I'm not going to ruin my movie because of some stupid ruling that it has to be ninety minutes long. That's just like adding three more plates to the last supper, or an extra wing to the Pentagon.

My work is one long triumph over my limitations.

Nothing human surprises me.

The time has come for every Christian to change his position, to change the dimensions of his vision

Humans are destructive animals, but they are also wise ones.

The invisible people knew that happiness is not the natural state of mankind, and is never achieved from the outside in.

No state is free from militarism, which is inherent in the very concept of the sovereign state. There are merely differences of degree in the militarism of states.

Music will never go away, and I will never stop making music; it's just what capacity or what arena you decide to do it.

The happy and the suffering probably understand life equally well, but the sufferers may see a little more clearly how little it is that they understand.

Compassion, caring, teaching, loving, and sharing your gifts, talents, and abilities are the gateways to power.

No One in the Entire World is as Precious as You are.

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning.

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.