Art pierces opaque subjectivity, the not seeing of conventional life, and discloses reality.

Kierkegaard was once asked, 'What is a poet?' He answered that a poet was an unhappy man whose moans and cries of anguish were transformed into ravishing music.

Art has a prophetic role, denouncing the culture it lays bare.

But I want you, ” he smiles at me. “Not just to make me a king. I’ve always wanted you. Despite it all, you are still the bride I would choose. I do choose you.

There was something she found intensely attractive about a man with a thirst for knowledge. Marc's obsessive love of books had been--she realized now--a huge part of his appeal....

The butterflies I get are not if somebody boos me in the crowd, or somebody talks trash about me during the week, or somebody on ESPN rips me. It's the pressure that I'm putting on myself.

A foreign ideology cannot be introduced into Chechnya - were it through an Arab or al-Qaeda. Our experience is rich and long enough for us to be Muslims and know what jihad is.

We can solve any problem by introducing an extra level of indirection.

I dont think you should give away your name and face to something you dont believe 100-percent in.

We're not really pacifists, we're nonviolent soldiers.

Love lent me wings; my path was like a stair; A lamp unto my feet, that sun was given; And death was safety and great joy to find; But dying now, I shall not climb to Heaven.

I'm happy whenever anybody does my material. I don't care what they do with it. I do what I want to with other people's songs.

Every movie requires its own style. Just be honest to the story. Tell the story in the best possible way that is different, exciting and original.