If somebody says 'I love you' to me, I feel as though I had a pistol pointed at my head. What can anybody reply under such conditions but that which the pistol holder requires? 'I love you, too'.

Plato says that the unexamined life is not worth living. But what if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well?

I have been a soreheaded occupant of a file drawer labeled "science fiction" ... and I would like out, particularly since so many serious critics regularly mistake the drawer for a urinal.

Unfortunately, that still leaves plenty of Americans who don't read much or think much -- who will still be extremely useful in unjust wars. We are sick about that. We did the best we could.

Striving for perfection can get in the way during the early stages of the creative process.

If you had told me I'd be making 62 tomorrow, I'd say you were lying.

The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature.

A story is how we construct our experiences.

The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away.

Stage is the most exciting. Film is lovely, because it's like a family.

Justice without love is not justice. Love without justice is not love

From meetings and partings none can ever escape. Nor from magic.

The majority should not be punished and subjected to a licensing curfew because of the bad behavior of the minority.

Don’t stay stuck on the people who’ve hurt you. Move on and let your future give you the better that you deserve.