“If you take your fear and mash it into something that's actually useful, then it doesn't feel like it wins.”
“True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation.”
“I realise that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently defended on the nature of numbers.”
“The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight.”
“Everything seems fine until you're about 40. Then something is definitely beginning to go wrong. And you look in the mirror with your old habit of thinking, 'While I accept that everyone grows old and dies, it's a funny thing, but I'm an exception to that rule.'”
“I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings, and I did it out of spite.”
“If you've got a talent, protect it.”
“Let it be understood, in the first place, that a science fiction story must be an exposition of a scientific theme and it must be also a story.”
“Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game.”
“Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.”
“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”
“Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.”
