"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."

"Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race."

"Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery."

"The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile."

"Once the mass of the defending infantry become possessed of low moral, the battle is as good as lost."

"Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived."

"I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do."

"I'm trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it's big stuff like what we're doing here, or little stuff like, 'Why aren't I happier?' With every film I feel like I'm apologising for something. I feel I'm most successful when I'm looking for something that embarrasses me about my character that I'd like to expose."