Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.

We finally understand in general terms how a cell is organized, how its specialized organs function in a well integrated manner to insure its survival and replication.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

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