Education is paradoxical in that it is largely composed of things that cannot be learned

The gods are fugitive guests of literature.

Myth is never a single story. It is always a tree with many branches.

Whatever else it might be, the divine is certainly the thing that imposes with maximum intensity the sensation of being alive.

Stories never live alone; They are the branches of a family that we have to trace back, and forward.

The author is the successor of the saint, everyone respects the author.

Words speak to the the mind through the ears and actions speak to the mind through the eye

If the movie is quiet I generally feel the audience is busy. That's when they're working.

Swallows have disappeared, bees are dying out because of pesticides that should have been banned long ago - it's a scandal.

I got to keep it tight like seams, Cause ain't no fiends Comin' in between me and my dreams, See what I mean, black?

Icelanders are grateful to meet foreigners who have heard of their country. And even more grateful to hear someone say it deserves better.

You find me a Democrat that's for cutting spending $10 and I'll give them a warm kiss.

Boy, you'll have a fair trial. Race, creed or color, justice will be done in my courtroom.

I don't really want to direct myself, but I'm certainly torn in that direction.

I'm part German and part Irish. In fact, there's even a town in Germany that was named after my family, Limbach or so forth. And I don't know. I might even have some Indian blood in there.

I have an idea I want to test, for combining old peoples homes and orphanages. Old people are lonely without children, children are lonely without parents. Why not bring them together?