Journeys start from where we are. Everything starts from where we are. Where we are is where we're supposed to be.

Jeanine claims you're all dangerous Insurgents.

Great Spirit, When we face the sunset when we come singing the last song, may it be without shame, singing 'it is finished in beauty, it is finished in beauty!'

You just don't know writers. They'll use anything, anybody. They'll eat their young.

Boredom slays more of existence than war.

I have zero tolerance for people who don't come completely prepared. I expect contribution, I expect attendance, and I expect directors to take trips and visit the company's programs.

The more one works, the better one works and the more one wants to work.

No favor can win gratitude from a cat.

My definition (of a philosopher) is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.

Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.

I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else.

When discouragement comes, don't stop. Dig deep and fight it through!

I read a lot of plays as a kid, but I didn't see that many plays, so I feel better-versed in film history and film structure. I just think it's easier to think in pictures.