I lived in Hollywood long enough to learn to play tennis and become a star, but I never felt it was my home. I was never looking for a home, as a matter of fact.

You live in the present and you eliminate things that don't matter. You don't carry the burden of the past.

I am not temperamental. I just know what I want and if I don't have it, I try to get it.

I don't accept flowers. I take nothing perishable.

He who accepts the unaltered philosophy of another is as ludicrous as he who donshis neighbor's hat, and infinitely more ridiculous.

Silence gives you freedom to talk with yourself fearlessly

And though our roots belong to the same tree, our branches have grown in different directions.

The clarity of perception makes reality look as it is.

My attitude with covers is, make it your own or else leave it alone.

I think the lack of critical engagement with the food that we eat demonstrates the extent to which the commodity form has become the primary way in which we perceive the world.

So say it loud and let it ring We are all a part of everything The future, present and the past Fly on proud bird You're free at last

The advice I give to every filmmaker is you have to be tenacious. You can't give up.

Commitment is mental determination to accept only EXCELLENCE no matter how difficult, uncomfortable, or stressful.

You can't be saved, oblivion is all you crave.

I like not knowing too much about somebody I'm photographing, because the process also becomes an experience for me to learn about .