Aldous Huxley

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.

That is the definition of equal justice under law: everyone gets a fair shot, everyone pays their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.

Eroticism is assenting to life even in death.

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.