Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth. – Denis Diderot
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory. – Denis Diderot
The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion. – Denis Diderot
Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild. – Denis Diderot
I want to deal with somebody who comes from another country to the United States and has a family that comes. I dont care if its a black family from Jamaica or a Hispanic family from Mexico. These issues need to be dealt with, but they need to be dealt with in the entertaining way. – Harvey Weinstein