Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones. – Nicolas Chamfort
The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live. – Nicolas Chamfort
All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate. – Nicolas Chamfort
Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. Its a palliative. The remedy is death. – Nicolas Chamfort
One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed like classic paintings (he was an art connoisseur). Its why he found shooting on set boring – because he had already composed the film in his head. – Camille Paglia