Unless we give part of ourselves away, unless we can live with other people and understand them and help them, we are missing the most essential part of our own human lives.

My memories are not of time but of times.

Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.

Unless we give part of ourselves away unless we can live with other people and understand them and help them we are missing the most essential part of our own lives.

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.

By believing in an imaginary invisible supernatural entity, humans may become good citizens. But this is not religion. This is merely an illusion of religion.

I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies.

It was [John's Adams] Massachusetts constitution if anything that influenced people.

Photography has clarity in the same way that language has. A word is precise, but its meaning can change based on the words around it: think tank, tank top.

Men do not take to vanity, because they are taught at an early age that it is wrong to be vain.

It is interesting to observe how real the object remains, in spite of all abstractions.

Nature laughs at the difficulties of integration.

First and foremost, any business proposal I like must sound fun.

If an actor ever says they really enjoy the auditioning process, I truly believe that they're lying. It's an anxiety-filled waking nightmare. It's awful.

Soviet power is a new type of state in which there is no bureacracy, no police, no standing army.