Difficult as it often is to grasp someone else's pain, it is easy to judge another's behavior.

in the context of loss, each child is an only to her or his parents. Human relationships do not fill in for, do not substitute for, do not replace each other.

Dead metaphors make strong idols.

What's my age again?

Be sure to enjoy language, experiment with ways of talking, be exuberant even when you don't feel like it because language can make your world a better place to live.

Also, as I've gotten older and more mature, I've become much more comfortable in my own skin. After 25 years of doing stand-up, that's reflected onstage.

If I'm in a relationship, that girl gets showered with letters from the road. I pour my heart into it.

I don't want anyone to expect anything from any of my films, I just want them to see it and then tell me what they think.

As a filmmaker you have to keep asking yourself the question are we really going to impress them [audience] either by the wow factor, the intelligence factor, the I didn't see that coming factor?

I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm.

Drawing is exercise for a restless imagination.

Composition gives proper meaning to the natural streams of sound that penetrate the world.

Unless you absolutely have got to do it, don’t buy anything new.