Wise parents offer criticism only when asked, and then minimally.

Paths clear before those who know where they're going and are determined to get there.

Wise teachers create an environment that encourages students to teach themselves

Psychiatry is to medicine what astrology is to astronomy.

Mystification is the psychiatrist's defense against the danger of being found out.

The light is reached not by turning back from the darkness, but by going through it.

Sometimes the most difficult thing to do is to believe in yourself, the reason it is so hard is because it is worth it.

A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.

I couldn't imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.

Friends are not made, but recognized.

When life gives you lemons, make sure you know whose eyes you need to squeeze them in.

I'm terribly attention-seeking. It's very different once you get all this attention, though. Because then you want to control it. And you can't exactly.

Imagination comes of not having things.

The United States happens to be the only state in the world that has been condemned by the World Court for international terrorism.

It isn't so much that I choose the roles - I mean, I guess there's a little bit of a selection process - but it's more just what people offer you.

Love is a spirit all compact of fire.