Those we murder with our mouths often live longest

She was endowed with great beauty for all those attributes that were outside her control, but it was said that in all characteristics for which she herself was responsible, she was utterly wicked

Few people are spoken of in the way they would choose

It is of no consequence what others think of you. What matters is what you think of them. That is how you live your life.

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

And later I thought, I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography.

When you go to plant a flag on the visiting team's field, it's a form of taunting, .. What message are you sending when you spear it into the turf of your defeated opponent?.

There is a lurking fear that some things are not “meant" to be known, that some inquiries are too dangerous for human beings to make.

The highest virtue does nothing. Yet, nothing needs to be done. The lowest virtue does everything. Yet, much remains to be done.

Like begets like. We gather perfect fruit from perfect trees... . Abused soil brings forth stunted growths.

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it is that to which the legislator ought to give the greatest encouragement.

Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.

My dad always, he helped me by not helping me. He always said, being a producer, it was all about conviction.