Faith is an orientation of the total person, giving purpose and goal to one's hopes and strivings, thoughts and actions.

Popular poets are the parish priests of the Muse retailing her ancient divinations to a long since converted public.

People will pay me to feel the passion and energy I breathe into my career and creations.

What I learned is, don't forget who you are, because that's what's going to make you a filmmaker.

It would be consistent and proper for us to join the war for democratic freedom, only if we would likewise be assured that democratic freedom in theory as well as in practice.

The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.

Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common.

The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority.

My personal life, my normal life, is so important to me. To be able to go back to my personal life and leave characters behind is important; I don't keep them with me.

All the best times in music were rebellious. I mean, even like Elvis, people didn't want their daughters paying attention to him. He was considered too sexual!

The hand in the eye is the ultimate tool.