I'm not a journalist; I'm a poet. I had a discourse, an encounter with these people but I never had a list of questions.

I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.

I don't spend sleepless nights over getting very bad reviews.

People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did I hate him. We had mutual respect for each other, even as we both planned each other's murder.

I know for sure that there is only one step from insecticide to genocide.

Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film.

Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read...if you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker.

Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.

Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination.

What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.

Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.

Add each day something to fortify you against poverty and death.

I don't know why I do what I do. I tend to go for the really weird, bizarre stuff. I actually have to tone it down for the show.

Wherever there’s a conductor, you’re sure to find a dead composer!

I don't like my physique at all.

Well, I think that there is a connection between being a lawyer and a doctor and an actor. They kind of, in some ways, have the same appeal, I suppose.

I think Star Trek has been very double-edged for all of us - as actors, writers, directors.

There are people who are always, I think, going to remain people of the book, to use another author's title, but people of the book, who really must be around.

Academics were important to my parents, as immigrants. Education is where it all begins.

the windy sky Cries out a literate despair.