You have to want to make a film for other reasons - to say something, to tell a story, to show somebody's fate - but you can't want to make a film simply for the sake of it.

Of course, you could, no doubt, call my going to film school the biggest mistake I ever made.

But I reckon that this realm of higher needs, of something more than just forgetting about everyday life, of mere recreation, this realm of needs has been clearly neglected by us.

And the days darken round me, and the years, Among new men, strange faces, other minds.

Contentment is knowing you're right. Happiness is knowing someone else is wrong.

I should not like to preach to a congregation who all believed as I believe. I would as lief preach to a basket of eggs in their smooth compactness and oval formality.

One's distance from Heaven is in proportion to the measure of one's self-love.

[...]my memory is reasonably good—unlike yours, dear sir!” “Mine is erratic,” he said imperturbably. “I remember only what interests me.

Many people on our planet right now despair; they think we’ve reached a point where we’ve discovered most of the things. I’m going tell you right now: Please don’t despair.

There's a lot of books out there about how you lead change in business, but I've certainly not seen any... on how you do that in public institutions.

The mind should turn into a serene and stormless lake, where is reflected the complete panorama of the starry sky.

I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation.

I said i was dying not that i wanted to live”