Mel exhaled. "Why are you forcing me into the voice-of-reason role? You know that never works out for us.

Jackson asked, "Where'd the water come from in your house?""A pipe." Then he explained to Jackson, "Water travels in pipes.

When Matthew merely stared at him, Jackson reached into the weapon box and pulled out a sheathed machete, handing it to the boy.Matthew laughed and dropped it.

Evangeline, " he sighed. "It ain't ever goan to be easy with you, is it?

Never let a boy know you’re crazy about him. He’ll lose interest, and then you’ll be a loser.

All evil begins with this belief: that another’s existence is less precious than mine.

If we could only learn to look on evil as evil, whether it's clothed in filth or monotony or magnificence.

The American dream always meant that anybody willing to put in a hard day's work could make a decent living. That's just not true anymore for people without at least some post-high school education.

Dad taught me everything I know, but he would never tell me anything he knew.

Lou Reed's music has been in the lives of millions of people all over the world for decades. He had a truly universal presence and was respected by musicians across all genres.

All I know is that I am not a Marxist.

We recognize ourselves in Westerns, ... I believe the Western can orchestrate moments around reality. The reality can be as entertaining to us as the lie.

There's a lot of common sense ... which I feel like we have lost touch with.

Take a relief. You draw it, you carve it out. Later you build it up from a flat surface. There is no other way to do a sculpture - you either add or you subtract.