“When you meet someone who is truly great, he makes you believe you can be great, too.”

“Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

“A great director is someone who makes you feel like you're moving forward.”

“The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.”

“But when you started dating someone, you could never be sure what you were getting into. You had to give someone a chance to show you who he really was… and believe him when he did.”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around.”

“Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself.”

“Meetings are a great trap. … they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.”

“Turgenev was a very serious fellow but he could make me laugh because a truth first encountered can be very funny. When someone else's truth is the same as your truth, and he seems to be saying it just for you, that's great.”