I took four years off after 'In the Cut' because I wanted to see who I'd be without work. I even tried being a hermit in the wilderness in New Zealan….

It always depresses me when people moan about how commercial Christmas is. I love everything about it. The tradition of having this great big feast, ….

You can't finish the things you weren't supposed to start..

How can you do anything until you have seen everything,or as much as you can?.

The winter will be long and bleak. Nature has a dismal aspect..

Picturize, prayerize, actualize..

Cutting off fundamental, curiosity-driven science is like eating the seed corn. We may have a little more to eat next winter but what will we plant s….

There is no beyond, there is only here, the infinitely small, infinitely great and utterly demanding present..

Your life on the Outside reflects your life on the Inside.

I imitate everyone except myself..

Fitz fixes fyces fitz.Fatsafices..

Why could we say more to each other when it counted less?.

The knowledge of everything knowable is not yet wisdom.

Expect much of God, and he will do much for you..

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennui s, vanish, all duties eve….

But what we all have to learn is that we can't do everything ourselves..

There will be natural propriety in using an eastern light for bedrooms and libraries, a western light in winter for baths and winter apartments, and ….

I've always approached screenplays and so forth with, "How would it really happen?" Not "What's the movie version?" but "What's the real-life version….

I'm a perfectly equipped failure..

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?.

I was gung-ho, no question about that..