I have always said that archival images are images without imagination. They petrify thought and kill any power of evocation.

Making a history was not what I wanted to do. I wanted to construct something more powerful than that.

If you are brave, you will open the book and read it.

Compare your life only with the commandments of God.Be like God. He is the mighty being that dwells in you.

A picture may describe a 1000 words but it will often need 1000 words to describe a picture.

I would rather have a lucky general than a smart general. ... They win battles and they make me lucky.

I was an avid reader of futurists during the 1970s and '80s. They were so wrong - about everything.

Yeah, pretending to ride a horse is actually a lot harder than riding a horse.

Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret.

I think the story of 'Alice in Wonderland' in a way is a reminder that life is frightening, it can shift on you at any moment.

Dark hair fell in a sweep over his forehead. He looked like a man who would write vers libre, as indeed he did.

But children, hark! Your mother would rather, When you arrived, have been your father.