I think of myself as a kind of reporter; I report on the nature of certain events. I think of art as a report on civilization at a certain time.

Monsters exist because we create them, through war and violence, and distortion, and the way we handle people and so on.

Artists are part of the information process... Visual history is important in providing a record of what is going on - levels of intention, levels of confidence, levels of aggression or control.

Over the years a photo-mania developed. At times, photographic images have signaled a way forward and gotten me out of a bind.

Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can't see when you're unashamedly looking down on someone.

Too evident sorrow does not inspire pity but repugnance, it is the sign of mental instability or of bad manners: it is morbid.

I'm surprised by how many people have not seen 'Footloose.'

There is no Yoda-there's no one who points you in the right direction. You've got to figure that out by yourself.

Any nation that allows the government to dominate its monetary and economic policies will ultimately suffer grave consequences.

We are mortgaging our future.

I come from the theater and I plan to always do theater. So I don't really see myself not being able to act even if people don't think I am sexy enough for film at 40, I'll still be acting.

True success and true happiness not only go together but each other enhances the other.

To my undying shame, I do read reviews. I don't read them all, but I like to get some kind of idea how things are going.

In the end, no thought is unthinkable, no problem unshrinkable, no two strangers unlinkable.