South Sea natives who have been exposed to American movies classify them into two types, 'kiss-kiss' and 'bang-bang.

In Hollywood, primitive magical thinking exists side by side with the most advanced technology.

All entertainment is education in some way, many times more effective than schools because of the appeal to the emotions rather than to the intellect.

Hollywood provides ready-made fantasies or daydreams; the problem is whether these are productive or nonproductive, whether the audience is psychologically enriched or impoverished.

Only a small percentage of novelists, painters, musicians, scientists, anywhere in the world, are talented. But there are many more in Hollywood than one would expect from looking movies.

Einstein gave us a problem he knew we would never solve.

Multitasking divides your attention and leads to confusion and weakened focus.

To know all, it is necessary to know very little; but to know that very little, one must first know pretty much.

Speaking as an outsider is the most authentic voice for a poet. Poets who have one hundred thousand or one million readers [as many South Korean poets do] might not be a real, authentic poet.

Believing that the rustle in the grass is a dangerous predator when it is only the wind does not cost much, but believing that a dangerous predator is the wind may cost an animal its life.

I was very concerned that President Bush is still trying to frighten or scare the American people with respect to the condition of the Social Security system.

The good is not a category that interests me.

It's very weird because the 'It' guy usually is not the 'It' guy next year or even a guy that anyone is talking about.

A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.

A lot of great fortunes in the world have been made by owning a single wonderful business. If you understand the business, you don't need to own very many of them.