Any human being should have a tolerance for anybody.

I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be.

I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me.

Take a walk on the wild side.

One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz.

Perfect Night is minimalistic and that's what makes it so forceful.

Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat.

But I'm also talented and I know when I created something great and Perfect Night is something great, no doubt, no but.

Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.

Life's like a mayonnaise soda.

These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.

Let us throw away our candles and our torches. Let us flood the cities with light. Let us bring a new light to men! -Equality 7-2521

Regardless of the nature of the conflict, one basic rule translates into most Conflict Zone “Theatres” that doesn’t make it into Movie Theaters is that the food runs out faster than the bullets.

He told me once that he didn't fear conscription as much as everyone else because the dozen bloodthirsty girls he was leaving behind were far more dangerous.

Property is theft.

Jonathan Demme is a very sharp editor of his movies.

This is my first experience working in a foreign movie, but the mechanics, I think, are pretty much the same all over; you still have to wait in the trailer.

I had the feeling of being crushed under a rock till I could see only one crack of light, and that was the love of God.

Indians chase the vision, white men chase the dollar.

I would feel horrible to think I had put my name on a pistol permit and allowed someone to carry around a gun and they committed another crime.

The virtue of books is to be readable.