"I have scars on my hands from touching certain people."

"I have tried to remove weight, sometimes from people, sometimes from heavenly bodies, sometimes from cities; above all I have tried to remove weight from the structure of stories and from language."

"It seemed that young people, despite their fundamental decency, now had to buy into a mind-set which made viciousness and treachery come easy."

"One should go easy on smashing other people's lies. Better to concentrate on one's own."

"I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems."

"It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'"

"I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it's like climbing a mountain or building a building. It's a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself."

"The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes."

"All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They."

"A people always ends by resembling its shadow."

"After violent emotion most people and all boys demand food."

"San Francisco is a mad city - inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane people whose women are of a remarkable beauty."

"The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself."

"The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself."

"When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen."

"People ask me what's the most important function when you're starting an organization or setting up the kind of culture and values that are going to endure. The discipline I believe so strongly in is H.R., and its the last discipline that gets funded."

"This isn't like college where you are building character and molding people. This is wins and losses and you better figure that out pretty quick."

"People are all excited, saying we're going to make money now ... but in this building, that's the best we can do, ... Even if we go to the finals, we're not going to make money."

"At best, people should prepare for no pay increase and no bonus, something they have been getting a lot of. At worst, they should be thinking they may need to change occupations."

"People win Oscars, and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day."

"All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats."

"Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough."

"Only the rare individual will turn his full attention towards that divinity. Most people will see only the physical appearance of the chariot, its decorations and other such things as the fine raiment put on the sacred image inside, the costumes worn by the dancers and musicians, and all the sound and color of the festivities."

"I have been fascinated by men and women of courage. People who took brave decisions in the service of great causes especially when more comfortable and far less dangerous alternatives were open to them"