By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

A lie never lives to be old.

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.

Charity ... is the opium of the privileged.

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director

He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.