On the last couple of movies I made - big-budget Hollywood movies - I really missed being able to create my own material.

Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.

Well, whether it's on film or on TV, you don't want to throw too many curves at your audio and video guys.

I don't limit my taste. There's some jazz that I like and there's some opera. I've been listening to what was essentially country music, but it crossed over to rock.

I think that I recall the nostalgic '50s: the start of early television and rock-and-roll, and I think everything seemed to get very generic. Not much has changed.

I always find it flattering when somebody recognizes me.

I pulled out of making movies in about '96 or '97.

Its just I fell into a bunch of movies that kind of fit in my life. It made sense to do them in the 80s. Folks who know me think its hilarious.

My own personal taste in films as a member of the audience was not completely in line with films I was doing.

About a year ago, out of the blue, I just wrote a bunch of songs.

And I discovered after a couple years that I really didn't miss making movies.

Just consider how terrible the day of your death will beOthers will go on speaking and you will not be able to argue back

Start thinking of your guilt as being selfish, because guilt blocks opportunities from arriving for those you care about and for you.

That's pretty hot, " he said."Punching me in the eye?""Well, no. Of course not. I meant the idea of getting rough with you is hot. I'm a big fan of full-contact sports.""I'm sure you are.

Self-Knowledge is the Jewel of all Knowledge."-Serena Jade

The seat of the soul and the control of voluntary movement - in fact, of nervous functions in general, - are to be sought in the heart. The brain is an organ of minor importance.

Your ears are yours alone. Tell others what you alone can hear. Your voice is yours alone. Tell others what only you can say. Your eyes are yours alone. Show others what only you can see.

What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.

The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.

It is Stoicism that demands a closed universe, not the Bible.

My wife and my three kids and my grandchildren are my life, but my horses and my dogs are everything else.