Irony has only emergency use. Carried over time it is the voice of the trapped who have come to enjoy their cage.

But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform. A civilization based on them puts people out of touch with their creative powers.

An anaesthetic is a poet-killer.

How a member of the church—one who had read the Good Lord’s bible—could sit so calmly and watch a man be led to his destruction frightened me.

I remember as a kid being scared of the things that go bump in the night, but I was way more scared of adults.

Working with [Robert] De Niro taught me a lot about being an actor's director.

I've never worked with an acting coach, no.

Events do not really have beginnings or ends. Behind every event is the previous one, causing, or helping to cause, what follows.

God is greater than God.

Do not judge the way i show my feelings. It's weird, it's different, but it's true.

We make our way through Everything like thread passing through fabric, giving shape to images that we ourselves do not know.

There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.

In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required.