"Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish."

"The only difference between a genius and one of common capacity is that the former anticipates and explores what the latter accidentally hits upon; but even the man of genius himself more frequently employs the advantages that chance presents to him;"

"If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed."

"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats."