And I know, too, that recognizing one's mistakes does not erase them.

That's the way it is--you have a thought, a dream, an idea in your head . . . and you do nothing to make it happen. Then one day, boom, just like that, you get up and go.

It's our children who teach us how to be parents.

Weave the circle, tightly sewn, Let nothing evil or unknownEnter within. Stay withoutOn pain of death, we cast you out.

Often I'll go outside and just place my hands on the soil, even if there's no work to do on it. When I am filled with worries, I do that and I can feel the energy of the mountains and of the trees.

My mother spoke to me this morning, she told me that my father is beginning to think of suitors for me to marry.

I got the blues thinking of the future so I left off and made some marmalade. It's amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor.

I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far as the visual presentation goes I purposely avoid a high degree of difficulty.

The air is the only place free from prejudices.

Time management requires self-discipline, self-mastery and self-control more than anything else.

I don't like differentiating between art and commercial cinema.

As a writer no one's gonna tell me how to write. I'm gonna write the way I wanna write!

All conflict can be traced back to someone's feelings getting hurt, don't you think?