Don't get obsessed with not liking a movie.

Never say no to an idea - you never know how that idea will ignite another idea.

However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.

I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want.

You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.

Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.

The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.

If you are still breathing maybe it is not such a bad day after all...

May we love each other with brotherly love. Love cast out all fears.

She tries to wear her pain on the inside. She always has. It’s the trademark of the oldest sibling, I think.

Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves, When thro' the clouds he drives the trembling doves.

Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. Shovel them under and let me work. I am the grass. I cover all.

Don't wait until life has given you an expiration date to live.

Being a runner, professional or recreational, means that you are part of a community that stretches across the globe.

Maybe there's less oppression growing up in a small village, and fewer rules, and less danger.

We are in a social and political context in which the norm is to punish poor folks of color rather than to educate and empower them with economic opportunity.

I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.