Always now - just now - come into being. Always now - just now - give yourself to death. Practicing this is Zen practice.

From the first, in people and in things, there is no such thing as trash. These words point to the fundamental truth of Buddhism, a truth I could not as yet conceive in those days.

With you alongside, Magic is, less a dictionary word, And more a, part of life.

I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style.

I used to be embarrassed by my mom, but now I know what she is—she’s a hero.

I feel about romance the same way I do about a vocation; it's a calling.

Even in China. Children there, next to the Great Wall, who had never seen Mickey Mouse responded. So the studio did have that skill to communicate with images.

At the end of the day it is just a movie and we should remember that we're doing it for the audience and we should have fun doing it. If we have fun doing it, it will come across on the screen.

Everything is true Everything anybody has ever thought

I think honesty is a big part. Because when you sing live, you want the audience to believe you.

As a writer, I think your first job is to find a subject that you think you and others will find inherently interesting.