He found himself inhabiting the vast, empty plateau where most people live, between boredom and contentment.

Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination.

What business does memory have with time?

He wished he could reassure his mother: a man wants many things in life, but when one of them is also the right thing, he would be a fool not to choose it.

He considered it a shame when people couldn't grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision.

We live in a world of banal miracles.

Two kinds of people always lie about their ages: actresses and Latin American pitchers.

Always speak first to the toughest person in the room.

The movie I was working on, "Cleopatra", it's about how destructive a force love can be. But maybe that's what every story is about.

And while his mother's lecture had gone over his seven-year-old head, Pasquale saw now what she meant--how much easier life would be if our intentions and our desires could always be aligned.

I guess I forgot we were going out tonight.""We always go out on Fridays.""It's Thursday, Alvis.""You are so tied to routine.

Every new day is the gift of a new divine grace.

The real joy of writing lies in the opportunity of being able to sacrifice a whole chapter for a single sentence, a complete sentence for a single word...

Keep it weird. They'll get it later.

My best advice to you is: Whatever you do, do NOT take my advice.

Fear can be a natural ally, a homemade power source... Staying in the present, fear can only help you.

I started boxing one day a week to experience aggression, which has been really interesting.

In terms of evolutionary history, it was only yesterday that men learned to walk around on two legs and get in trouble thinking complicated thoughts. So don't worry, you'll burn out.

Everything in painting is about relationship, so I judge each area by its relationship to the surrounding areas.

A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object.

Patience is a virtue. (Tee) Excuse me, pot, could you not pick on the kettle? (Joe)