My idea of government support was, you supply me with hospitals, schools and the environment to do well and that will do me fine. But do not poke you….

Why is it that so few people are truly free? Because they try to conform to ideas, concepts, and beliefs in their heads..

I am spellbound by the plays of Shakespeare. And I am spellbound by the second law of thermodynamics. The great ideas in science, like the Cro-Magnon….

The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument..

Inspiration is being motivated by a person or idea. Motivation is being inspired by an object. When people are inspired, they don't need motivation..

If you think you have a good idea, get into the marketplace as quickly as you can, using as little money as possible, and see what happens..

I was so amazingly witty when I had the No. 1 movie, you have no idea. People laughed at every single one of my jokes. Then when I hadn't had a hit f….

So, one of the things I was doing with the aliens in The Quiet Invasion was creating that advanced society which had ideas about morality and proper ….

I'm not really a science-fiction fan, I quite like the idea of getting away from the science-fiction side of it, for two episodes. It was lovely, it ….

Airports - they're not my idea of fun at all. Some of the staff are lovely, but you do always get one or two that seem to forget that it's actually c….

The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into every individual li….

You need to be able to SHARE IDEAS, INSPIRE and MOTIVATE.

We all know that a sympathetic and intelligent listener not only flatters our vanity, but also frequently enables us to crystallize our own ideas to ….

I thought the whole idea of being a conservative was to keep the government from messing around in people's lives. And yet they say the government sh….

The idea is to do out-of-the-box films that showcase my versatility and talent..

And how deeply do I let business considerations affect [screenwriting] choices that might otherwise be more or less esthetic? . . . Do I choose the u….

Just as none of us is outside or beyond geography, none of us is completely free from the struggle over geography. That struggle is complex and inter….

I spent the first forty years of my life making major interventions into other people's lives, and I have an idea of the limitations of that method. ….

I'm Jewish, but my mom's Catholic, so the guilt area is covered. I have the highest expectations, along with the lowest. I tried to put as much of my….

You must follow me carefully. I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted. The geometry, for instance, they taug….

I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and essentially destroying it!.