There is no substitute for hard work 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.

I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature and it should be displaced. Failing that I try to work with those companies and help them change the way they think about our resources.

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

To any artist worthy of the name all in nature is beautiful because his eyes fearlessly accepting all exterior truth read there as in an open book all the inner truth.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.

On radio and television magazines and the movies you can't tell what you're going to get. When you look at the comic page you can usually depend on something acceptable by the entire family.

The only reason why I would like to be accepted? Because if your movies don't do well after a while you don't get to make any more movies.

When we talk about Oscars it's almost as a symbol of excellence and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol. So a movie like 'The Artist' that costs $14 million has to go out and compete with movies that cost $140 million. How does David deal with Goliath?

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.