"Mother is the dead heart of the family, spending father's earnings on consumer goods to enhance the environment in which he eats, sleeps, and watches television."

"There is one way to handle the ignorant and malicious critic. Ignore him."

"A genius is just a talented person who does his homework."

"I don't think it's the nature of any man to be monogamous. Men are propelled by genetically ordained impulses over which they have no control to distribute thair seed."

"I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?"

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."

"Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."

"Most directors make films with their eyes; I make films with my testicles."

"The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could and should do themselves."

"The structure of language determines not only thought, but reality itself."