The value and rank 

of every art 

is in proportion 

to the mental labour employed in it, 

or the mental pleasure in producing it.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

It is my opinion that everything must be based on a simple idea. 

And it is my opinion that this idea, 

once we have finally discovered it, 

will be so compelling, 

so beautiful, 

that we will say to one another, 

yes, 

how could it have been any different.

The most beautiful people 

we have known 

are those who have 

known defeat, 

known suffering, 

known struggle, 

known loss, 

and have found their way out of those depths

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

Nobody, 

I think, 

ought to read poetry, 

or look at pictures or statues, 

who cannot find a great deal more in them 

than the poet or artist has actually expressed. 

Their highest merit is suggestiveness.

As you proceed through life, 

following your own path, 

birds will shit on you. 

Don't bother to brush it off.

Getting a comedic view of your situation 

gives you spiritual distance.

Having a sense of humour saves you.

Shadow owes its birth to light.

I know but one freedom, 

and that is the freedom of the mind.