Sometimes I just play the theme from Arthur. It reminds me of my childhood in New York and I just love it.

Like all art forms, film is a media as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; the only difference is that war destroys and film inspires.

I don't believe that art makes people violent in any way. I don't. But I do believe art can show people how to be violent and that's much more dangerous in a way.

I think that I am a pornographer, meaning that I make movies based on what excites me and what I would like to see.

The artificial world that we create through images will essentially become real.

Cinema is mass media, it is both overtly gross and exciting. It is our great mirror of society.

Creativity is narcissism. Creativity is falling in love with one's self as you create. It's self-indulgent.

In a way, art is a great way to release your love, fantasy, and desires. It's like a fetish. It's a comfortable way of excising a lot of your conscience.

Look at the birth of anything; it's always more violent than anything you could ever imagine.

We live in a beauty-obsessed culture, which on one hand is absolutely fabulous, but on the flip side, is also dangerously extreme.

Understanding one's own power is more interesting than someone being given something powerful.

You need to find your gift, something you are doing better than others

I just think that 'dating' is an engagement and not 'fun'." Emily says.

People say love can be developed, but in the end, the only person you love is yourself. That's why you choose to love someone who can please you the most.

Don't talk to me. I'm tired and grumpy and I'll probably make fun of you.

I'd like you much better if you didn't like yourself so much.

Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame Blessed is the flame that burns in the secret fastness of the heart

Fiction writing is great. You can make up almost anything.

Raising the debt ceiling is not additional spending. It is simply saying, you, the United States of America, can continue to borrow the money you need to pay the bills you have already rung up.

Family is a collective expression of individual perspective-a living work of art.