Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don't agree with me as to their worth.

Stop trying to do things that will make you happy. Happiness is a state of mind; because otherwise, you are a slave to circumstance.

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

I am not interested only in telling a story, but I want to tell it my way. I don't want my accent, my temperament, my narrative style to be compromised to fit into a mold of the Hollywood type.

Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.

To save the banks, you would have to turn the entire Eurozone into Greece.

A painting has an intrinsic value which has nothing to do with critical assessments.

All I do is convert liberals to conservatism. That's what I do, and that's why they don't like me.

Spiritual entrepreneurship is the unsung route to growth in the modern economy.

Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.