I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And hated them, like most people. And quit, like most people.

Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.

I dont find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.

A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I don't think I have ever been carefree and can't see the pleasure of it.

I'm one of those people who is actually inspired by a deadline. I might not sleep for many days on end, it may not be good for my health, but it definitely helps.

Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.

I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music.

Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to it that I was able to grasp simply by watching conductors.

In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.

I like business and personal life to be distinct.

Your heart doesn’t like shady strategies.

May not subterraneous fire be considered as the great plough (if I may be allowed the expression) which Nature makes use of to turn up the bowels of the earth?

Am not a politician to worry about my post, Am not a employee to worry about my designation, Am not a businessman to worry about market, Am a common man

Your clothes should always make a statement.

America is always attracting people, from all over the earth.

Thank you for that experience.

Honesty, by evil fortune tried, Finds in adversity the seed of praise.

We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.

My character - and for that matter my worst habits - could only be described by someone else. You can't open a box with the crowbar inside it.

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