“There are worse places to be than on your own.”

The best writing is certainly when you are in love.

No one ever stopped when they were winning.

When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.

There is no such thing as great writing – there is only great re-writing!

Why do old men wake so early? Is it to have one longer day?

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.

Everybody is friends when things are bad enough.

No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.

Look at things and listen and feel.

Courage is grace under pressure.

Write drunk; edit sober.

Every day above earth is a good day.

Last night, I sent you home with a kiss and a promise. I hope you still believe in roses.

What we call real estate – the solid ground to build a house on – is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.

Some stories are so familiar its like going home.

It was only after Pather Panchali had some success at home that I decided to do a second part. But I didn’t want to do the same kind of film again, so I made a musical.

Home is where you feel at home. I’m still looking.

Man is and remains an animal. Here a beast of prey, there a housepet, but always an animal.

Ultimately savings have to go somewhere and I think they will find their home in financial markets and within financial markets, a large part in equity.

The other night I was lying in bed, looking up at the stars, and I wondered, ‘Where the hell is my roof?