"The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me"

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

"Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work"

"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man"

"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today"

"Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need"

"I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one"

"By the work one knows the workman"

"The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding"

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do"

"I was married to Margaret Joan Howe in 1940. Although not a scientist herself she has contributed more to my work than anyone else by providing a peaceful and happy home"