"I try to be the best man I can for the day."

“I studied Hitchcock and Josef von Sternberg under Richard Dillard at Hollins, and that year under his tutelage just completely rewired my brain. Both directors combine moral seriousness with great artistry and, certainly in Hitchcock's case, an enormous respect for plot, for its power to enthrall and delight.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs....”

“No man, however benevolent, liberal, and wise, can use a large fortune so that it will do half as much good in the world as it would if it were divided into moderate sums and in the hands of workmen who had earned it by industry and frugality. The piling up of estates often does great and conspicuous good.... But no man does with accumulated wealth so much good as the same amount would do in many hands.”

“I didn't really know why I wanted to go to college. I didn't really have a reason to go there other than the fact that everybody else was doing it.”

Source : "The Strangest Trip: Animal Collective on the Legacy of Animal Collective". Interview with Matthew Schnipper, pitchfork.com. February 8, 2016.

“Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.”

“Wanting to become stronger than everybody else has no meaning.”

Source : "Interview with Christian Tissier Shihan: Aikido as an education system". Interview with Guillaume Erard and Ivan Bel, www.guillaumeerard.com. February 2, 2008.

“Love is a feeling, the deepest and sweetest of all. It's incredibly strong and amazingly gentle at the very same time.”

“I rarely see one of the 'summer blockbuster' movies. I'd like to see a stronger focus on smaller, smarter movies.”