Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it.

If the equality of individuals and the dignity of man be myths, they are myths to which the republic is committed.

Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to.

Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit.

I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies upon us.

To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make

When you're in the editing process, you try different things and you get creative ideas.

Getting a lecture on restraint from the woman who threw a hissy fit and blew up Babylon.

We are reduced to asking others what we are. We never dare to ask ourselves.

Nature is what you see plus what you think about it.

I'm not really married to the craft of jazz - I'm married to me, and my style, and whatever I produce.

You never know where your next scare is coming from. You've just gotta find the courage to face it.

Purity is the power to contemplate defilement.

Christ instructs us to stand up bravely for our beliefs... He asks us to let our lights shine.

I always have to presume that each movie is my last movie because I never know if I'll get money again.