If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the world, then the positive valences - where things turn out better than you thought they would - ought to be in there somewhere, too. Use this quote
There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance. Use this quote
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. Use this quote
Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break. Use this quote
The best thing for me is, when I'm not working, is to be at home and to have a script or two scripts is better, and to be just walking around the house and just thinking about the lines. Use this quote
The education that prepared me was my general education classes, which I tried to avoid when I was a stupid undergraduate, but which gave me the foundation of general knowledge that makes a career as a writer possible. Use this quote
In our minds, love and lust are really separated. It's hard to find someone that can be kind and you can trust enough to leave your kids with, and isn't afraid to throw her man up against the wall and lick him from head to toe. Use this quote
The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods. Use this quote
It sometimes makes people feel better about themselves, you know, to put other people down, or make fun of them, or maybe make mockery of their work and that doesn't make me feel good at all. Use this quote
I remember Michael saying, 'Rich and famous? It's much better to be just rich'. I didn't quite get it to begin with. But he's right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you've no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is. Use this quote
Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable. Use this quote
If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work. If man feels small, let man make himself bigger. Use this quote
I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry. Use this quote
To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes. Use this quote
I hope that Requiem is better than Pi. I hope that Pi is better than my student films, and I'm hoping that I'm getting better as I get older. Use this quote
There's more to life than success, and if you can try to be more well-rounded, you'll be able to enjoy your success more. It won't own you or control you. Use this quote
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. Use this quote
Because we believe that our ethnic group, our society, our political party, our God, is better than your God, we kill each other. Use this quote
People would like better batteries but they are wary of making investments. What is required is both a technology push and a market pull. Use this quote
To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often. Use this quote
