I'm not afraid of dying tomorrow, only of being killed.

I’ve never been certain whether the moral of the Icarus story should only be, as is generally accepted, ‘don’t try to fly too high,’ or whether it might also be thought of as ‘forget the wax and feathers, and do a better job on the wings.

No philosophy based on an incorrect view of the nature of man is likely to produce social good.

Like the man said, can happiness buy money?

There's something in the human personality which resents things that are clear, and conversely, something which is attracted to puzzles, enigmas, and allegories.

The essence of dramatic form is to let an idea come over people without it being plainly stated. When you say something directly, it's simply not as potent as it is when you allow people to discover it for themselves.

Sanitised violence in movies has been accepted for years. What seems to upset everybody now is the showing of the consequences of violence.