There is something so different in Venice from any other place in the world, that you leave at once all accustomed habits and everyday sights to enter an enchanted garden.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

The beginning is always today.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.

There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.

Solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude.

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

My words always get me into troubles. And if not my words, it is my facial expressions.

Being friends with you was great but now we will be both friends and lovers.

The revolution will be no re-run brothers, The revolution will be live.

I have a film called 'A Lonely Place For Dying,' which is the most watched film on the Internet, over 3 million hits, more than any of Hollywood's films.

...If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires. (151)

Complementing the nation-state as it reaches its limits amid globalization: That is what Europe must offer.

But really, if you ask me, there is only one kid of plot. One. Stuff happens. That's it.

I think there's something about dancers, they never ever forget where they come from. They never get grand, no matter what success they have.

My life is very much consumed with work.

Profit sharing in the form of stock distributions to workers would help to democratize the ownership of America's vast corporate wealth which is today appallingly undemocratic and unhealthy.