"My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened."

"He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted"

"The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas, and throw the bad ones away"

"Who so loves believes the impossible."

"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."