I hate imitation jewelry, dark lipstick and most of all a shrill voice. This has spoiled many a picture of feminine loveliness.

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. I can't take quiet desperation!

The greatest drawback in making pictures is the fact that film makers have to eat.

To set their sufferings alongside the sufferings of another people was to compare them (which hell was worse?), demoting Sarajevo's martyrdom to a mere instance.

Melt all the tanks in the world and make them rubbish bins. They will be much more useful for the humanity!

I've never been afraid of being alone. For the sake of my work, I must be!

Better to be at the bottom of a ladder you want to climb than in the middle of some ladder you don’t, right?

Ego says, "Once everything falls into place, I'll feel peace". Spirit says, "Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place".

I think it is an inborn talent - just luck. Some people can learn languages; some can throw a ball. Most people have something. My talent is drawing and painting.

Street's disciple, my raps are trifle. I shoot slugs from my brain just like a rifle.

Should the Catholic Church find itself discriminated against by the Obama administration on key delivery of services because of the bias and the bigotry of the administration?

Potholes and bumps? Welcome to the world. Every road gas them. They're there to be navigated, avoided, driven over, or through to the other side. Don't keep driving into the pothole.