Well, you know, I'm much older than I look.

It's nice to know that people appreciate and respect you.

When I last went to Italy, over two years ago, I had a lot more trouble understanding the language than I used to when I lived there for a year. I used to speak very little but I could understand very well.

I was very nervous at the beginning of Hotel du Nord.

A lot of people are upset that I'm not working. They say it's a disgrace.

My father's sister never married in order to raise me.

The problem is that to be a producer, one must be a gambler, and the greatest French producers were gamblers.

I also won one from the emperor of Japan, with a prize for the arts. That's important.

Well, I always run the risk of falling on my face, which has in fact happened.

If you do two versions of a film, they should be identical. With the same frames and settings.

But I still always felt the absence of a mother.

I don't know what they'll say when I die. I don't give a damn, but they'll probably cry.

I think you never forget your childhood, whether it was happy or unhappy.

Well, you know, I'm much older than I look.

For people to understand me when I travel, I speak with my hands.

People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.

Look, half the men who signed the Declaration of Independence were either in debt or bankrupt. The remaining half, most of them lost all their possessions. The only reason Monticello didn't get burned to the ground was that the British patrol missed the road.

You don't have to be a chef or even a particularly good cook to experience proper kitchen alchemy: the moment when ingredients combine to form something more delectable than the sum of their parts. Fancy ingredients or recipes not required; simple, made-up things are usually even better.

Life is a ght but not everyones a ghter. Otherwise bullies would be an endangered species.

I've always made weird sounds with my mouth. I've always been fascinated by the sound design, what you can do with your mouth. I was the kid dancing around in third grade on the basketball court. While everyone would be playing sports, I would be jumping around.

Well, I was going to school in Germany. And in my free time I was dancing.

You cant leave a footprint that lasts if youre always walking on tiptoe.

First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.

A good girl is supposed to be very quiet.

It is much more convenient not to be a public company. As a private company you don't have to give information to the public. Secrecy is an important factor of success in the commodity business.

My only writing ritual is to shave my head bald between writing the first and second drafts of a book. If I can throw away all my hair, then I have the freedom to trash any part of the book on the next rewrite.

Stop blaming other people and circumstances for killing your dreams. The truth is; we tend to talk ourselves out of acting upon our dreams. Most dreams die of suicide, not murder.

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf.

When I first heard that they were going to make 'Beauty and the Beast' at Disney, I was like, 'Oh, God, there's no way I'm going to see that movie,' because I knew what that movie was, was just two people sitting down to dinner over and over and over again. But then when I went to see it, it was like, 'Oh, they made it work.'

If you go into a tournament thinking that you're not going to do anything, you might as well not be there because you won't achieve anything.

I've just done a commercial in the U.S. in which I talk about stocks, shares and bonds. Everyone is amazed. They ask me: 'You really know about that stuff or did you just learn it for the commercial?' I tell them I wouldn't do it unless I understood and had an interest.

The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that - a parent’s heart bared, beating forever outside its chest.

Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.

When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.

Teachers who educate children deserve more honor than parents who merely gave them birth for the latter provided mere life while the former ensured a good life.

God knows how many things a man misses by becoming smug and assuming that matters will take their own course.

I worry that if whatever pops into your head at any instant immediately goes online, you lose the crucial time for your thoughts to simmer and evolve and build up nuance, depth and empathy.

In the past, great communicators were great orators, but great communicators today sound conversational, and interrupting is common in conversation. And public discourse is now more about entertainment than enlightenment.

Similarity in character not personality means only compatibility between two individuals.