"There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you."

"Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life."

"The seat of knowledge is in the head of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right."

"A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage."

"There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything."

"Experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson."

"I'm surprised sometimes at how some of my actions are misinterpreted."

"A lot of the struggle I had with movies is I really loved moments and tones and feelings in a scene, and I loved creating those, but I never really had great stories to string them together."