The feel of the experience is the important thing, not the ability to verbalize or analyze it.

Never say no to an idea - you never know how that idea will ignite another idea.

However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.

I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want.

You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.

Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.

The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.

Please do not ever think I am without you or you are without me, I live with you all the time.

Certainly it would be wonderful if we all knew exactly who we were.

...the wind hums low with sweet exultation, sings its lullaby, while you sleep ...

I wasn't a very good teacher.

You've got to have some adversity and learn from it. I'm working hard, but I didn't expect a cure in one day. You learn. You move on. You hold your head up. You go on to the next day.

I haven't tried to buffer myself. I like rolling the dice.

A good trader has to have three things: a chronic inability to accept things at face value, to feel continuously unsettled, and to have humility.

I'm guessing whatever 'ways' you have in mind aren't Jill-appropriate either." "Put your books away and I'll show you.

The greatest fear in my life was getting happy. I'm not so afraid of that anymore.

I gotta make a living somehow, and make ends meet. I accept the idea of having a retirement.