I foresee no possibility of venturing into themes showing a closer view of reality for a long time to come. The public itself will not have it. What it wants is a gun and a girl.

There is a place you can touch a woman that will drive her crazy. Her heart.

You know when you're young you think you will always be. As you become more fragile, you reflect and you realize how much comfort can come from the past. Hymns can carry you into the future.

Well, do a good day's work and act like somebody.

Nothing is going to be handed to you -- you have to make things happen.

I believe in the impossible because no one else does.

Who is going to believe a con artist? Everyone, if she is good.

Before you echo 'Amen' in your home or place of worship, think and remember...a child is listening.

A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up.

Being a good songwriter means paying attention and sticking your hand out the window to catch the song on the way to someone else's house!

I just became one with my browser software.

Human knowledge is but a ripple on the water's surface. To go deeper, we must accept the fact that we don't know everything

Why is the eye considered a reliable judge when it knows nothing of love or intelligence?

a man only knows what he's experienced

There are times where excessive innocence seems so monstrous that it becomes hateful.

History is often made and buttressed by myths and folklore rather than facts.

It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.

When I go to Bali, when I come to India and travel and see different cultures. I make sure I'm involved in the world out there, creatively, culturally.

You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.

Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience.

It's about love and loss, it struck me as a meaningful and compelling story, and the shifts in reality offered up strong visual possibilities.