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“Even though some of the films I've made haven't been particularly commercial, I don't find them failures.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com. 
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“Charm might be described as enlightened self-interest, a development of one's best self. ... In the simplest possible terms, I think genuine charm is an unmotivated interest in others.”
Source : Arlene Francis (1960). “That Certain Something; the Magic of Charm”
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“The cross reminds us that there is no true love without suffering, there is no gift of life without pain.”
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“Oh man. If I had magic powers... I would hope that I would use them for good. I think I would. But I would do something pretty trivial like making traffic disappear.”
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“Feminism is teaching. I've gotten a lot of pleasure pushing younger writers that I've met and worked with.”
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“Courage, I now see, is a journey involving self-doubt and self-examination, with the end never in sight.”
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“In actual fact the pacifistic-humane idea is perfectly all right perhaps when the highest type of man has previously conquered and subjected the world to an extent that makes him the sole ruler of this earth… Therefore, first struggle and then perhaps pacifism.”
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“Whether we are aware of it or not, every act of trust carries with it a shiver of fear. A favorable situation can become dangerous. Deep down we know that life is insecure and precarious. However, if we do trust, the shiver carries with it a philosophical optimism: Life, with all its traps and horrors, Â is good The bet is implicit in trust itself. If we could be sure of everyone and everything, trust would have no value - like money, if it were suddenly limitless, or sunshine, if there were always fine weather, or life, if we were to live forever”
Source : Piero Ferrucci (2007). “The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life”, p.91, Penguin
