The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

What do you take me for? A fourteen karat sucker?

I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are.

You're constantly changing man. But the film's not changing. The film stays the same. That's the beautiful aspect of it.

It's crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense and yet not be able to think about anything else.

Take a stress pill and think things over-- HAL in 2001

The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.