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

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.

Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all.

When we live in the ego, we are human. When we live in the Awareness of the Oneness, we are Human Angels

I write out of my intellectual experience.

I don't believe any pair of people had been more removed physically from the rest of the world than we were.

Pilots are drawn to flying because it's a perfect combination of science, romance and adventure.

There is no happiness that isn't earned

Rache,” he said, trying to get into my line of sight. “What more do you need? God to send a telegram?" (Jenks)

We don't pay taxes. The little people pay taxes.

The longer we remain in Iraq the more our occupation becomes part of the problem... rather than the solution.

I learned to use language like my mother did. I would simulcast, give you the program in your own tongue.

We have been given the gift of life in this perplexing world to become who we ultimately are: creatures of boundless love, caring compassion, and wisdom.