To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer. Not to love is to suffer.

I'm afraid of the dark,and suspicious of the light.

To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.

In short, the best thing to do is behave in a manner befitting one's age. If you are sixteen or under, try not to go bald.

My films are therapy for my debilitating depression. In institutions people weave baskets. I make films.

Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable; with the possible exception of a moose singing 'Embraceable You' in spats.

I think there is too much wrong with the world to ever get too relaxed and happy. The more natural state, and the better one, I think, is one of some anxiety and tension over man's plight in this mysterious universe.