Do you mind, ” he asked politely, “if I slide my blade under your skin, just a little?

Maybe princes aren’t real, ” Sada said. Her eyes were crafty and sad at the same time. “But monsters are.” She opened her mouth wide and showed Azhar the wildflowers sitting on her tongue.

Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake.

Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.

No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.

I never kissed my father until he was on his death bed.

Happiness is a smile of comfort to the sorrowful.

If your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously consider.

The problem for independent filmmakers is that huge companies control all the promotion, all the advertising. Hollywood films' advertising budgets are as large as their shooting budgets.

We all float down here!

There will be occasions in each of our lives when we will be called upon to explain or to defend our beliefs. When the time for performance arrives, the time for preparation is past.