In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It's so wasteful. Why not use what's there?

You know, if I can survive marching band, I can survive anything.

My mom. She really encouraged me. That's the trouble with education: Unless you have a really supportive parent, you get left behind.

I really don't care what people say. It's amazing that feminism continues to exist at all, considering how much counter-feminism is out there.

There's a side of me that identifies with Aileen Wuornos.

Love is such a fleeting emotion. It's such a small part of the things you do in your life.

Public radio is the last oasis of free and independent music. For satellite radio channels, you have to subscribe; commercial stations are as corporate as basic cable.

I will say that art may well be the only thing that lasts, so I guess it's worth trying.

I never know how to get off the phone, so I'm terribly admiring of people who can.

I kind of go for the MGM version of every musical style.

The civilised cultures are the most cruel. It's the same with education - often it breeds sadistic forms of cruelty.

Thought is what we start from: the simple, intimate, immediate datum. Matter is the inferred thing, the mystery.

Wenn man noch nicht den Menschen dienen kann, wie sollte man den Geistern dienen können?

Just knowing you're not alone is often enough to kindle hope amid tragic circumstances.

His love for Frodo rose above all other thoughts, and forgetting his peril he cried aloud: 'I'm coming Mr. Frodo!

She stood slim and proud as some medieval witch princess against dawn.

Many of the young aspire to happy marriages and dot-com fortunes but end up in guarded love and okay-for-now jobs.

Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.

The man was such an intellectual he was of almost no use.

The image we have would be impossible for Mickey Mouse to maintain. We're just... normal people.

Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate.