Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else.

Piglet was so excited at the idea of being Useful that he forgot to be frightened any more, and when Rabbit went on to say that Kangas were only Fierce during the winter months, being at other times of an Affectionate Disposition, he could hardly sit still, he was so eager to begin being useful at once.

The important thing is not whatever nonsense the voices are saying, but what the voices are feeling.

I've learnt something from every failure. The products I helped design at the first two companies I worked for were utter failures. But now I know why.

I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.

What I learned from Mel Brooks was audacity - in performance as in life. Maybe you go too far, but try it.