A paradox arises: the only way to meaning in freedom is through boundaries. The only way that boundaries make any sense at all is through freedom.

When a person acts without knowledge of what he thinks, feels, needs or wants, he does not yet have the option of choosing to act differently.

You can at any time decide to alter the course of your life; no one can take that away.

Viewing the child solely as an immature person is a way of escaping comforting him.

The most dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men but between a man and himself - where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Creative life is always based on the values of the self, not on the values of the system.

When we are not honest, we are cut off from a significant resource of ourselves, a vital dimension that is necessary for unity and wholeness.

Banshee cries?”“You know, those creatures that cry really loud when someone from an important Irish family is about to die?

Brad [Dourif] would tell himself that he was not intentionally trying to mimic Jack Nicholson in any way. I think that actually bothers him a little bit. I just think maybe they have similar voices.

Crystal-clear thinking is one of the things we look for - not a fancy slide pitch, but crystal-clear thinking.

I want to get into the theater. I really wanted to be a theater director, but I turned out to be a movie director.

I'm having so much trouble with writing. Maybe if I help other people, it'll be easier for me.

I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that all of a sudden can't afford the ticket prices.

For years I have endeavored to calm an impetuous tide -- laboring to make my feelings take an orderly course -- it was striving against the stream.

If I'm the British prime minister I won't be dictated to on the timetable or the manner of the negotiations.

To minds of a certain cast there is nothing so captivating as simplification and generalization.

I'm just one guy. I can't bring the whole league closer to the fans.