When it comes to bombshells, there are few that can be more effective than that small, flat, frail thing, a letter.

Truth is like heat or light; its vibrations are endless, and are endlessly felt.

Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody.

As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.

One must desire something to be alive.

Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.

One must desire something to be alive; perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.

I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can't be your own judge.

A pint can't hold a quart - if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.

Nothing may be more selfish than remorse.

A letter is a risky thing; the writer gambles on the reader's frame of mind.

I don’t know what understanding myself is. I don’t look inside.I don’t believe I exist behind myself.

I'm more apt to cry at something beautiful than at something sad.

I considered mores to be one of the great general causes responsible for the maintenance of a democratic republic . . . the term "mores" . . . meaning . . . habits of the heart.

I just want my fans to grow up and enjoy the music first, I don't want to change the world that's not what my music is about.

I loved working on 'Donnie Darko.' I learned a lot from the cast, Jake Gyllenhaal and the producers. I love doing what I do because I get to meet so many great people.

But I do not know whether the photograph can, or does, say things as they really are. Something has been lost. But the representation is all we have.

Your fate is to be what you are. As mine is to be what I am...your master.

I've never made movies to reach millions of people.

Hollywood is the only place in the world where an amicable divorce means each one gets fifty percent of the publicity.

I also believe that everyone needs to think independently and make their own decisions on what makes the most sense.