Historically the director has been the key creative element in a film and we must maintain that. We must protect that, in spite of the fact that there is new technology that's continually trying to erode that.

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.

Jean Paul Richter

From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason parents who rely on their children for happiness make both their children and themselves miserable.

Dennis Prager

We have a certain warped sense of humor in Scandinavia, and that is what comes across in the choices in a lot of our movies.

Connie Nielsen

If thou art a master, be sometimes blind if a servant, sometimes deaf.

Thomas Fuller

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it.

Oscar Wilde

I never thought I'd hear myself say it, but safety first!

J.K. Rowling

Music should always be a means of bridging gaps and uniting people. The beauty of music is that it can -- and should -- gather a wide variety of concepts in a way that's universal.

Gloria Estefan

I didn't have any role models really. My best friend was a dog. My mum and dad saved a dog from the gutter and that dog was my brother before Jesse was born. Sami was his name and he was my role model.

Ville Valo

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.

Jonathan Swift

I hope I'm not a tourist attraction - I'm sure that they come here really because St. Andrews is just amazing, a beautiful place.

Prince William

Why are there so many people who never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity?

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You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn