"Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other."

"To know when to speak and when to listen is the hallmark of genuine discernment. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy."

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see."

"There is no friend as loyal as a book."

"I don't want to feel like I've matured. That's a stupid word that I never want to use."

"If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all."

"When I made 'Real Steel,' the director actually had the robots in the monitor, so he knew where everything was. So technically, there's been advancements. But at the end of the day, movies are about story and characters, so all the other stuff is great, but unless you have those two elements, then you've got nothing."