Stalin’s postwar goals were security for himself, his regime, his country, and his ideology, in precisely that order.

Revisionism is a healthy historiographical process, and no one, not even revisionists, should be exempt from it.

It is worth starting with visions, though, because they establish hopes and fears. History then determines which prevail.

Life is serious but art is fun!

Never give up. You must persist!

Although idea and form are ultimately paramount in my work, so too are chance, accident, and rawness.

Sometimes I see something so moving I know I’m not supposed to linger. See it and leave. If you stay too long, you wear out the wordless shock. Love it and trust it and leave.

The 20th century ended with a single surviving model of human progress.

Real life isn't required to be logical, but fiction has to make sense.

Many people used to call me a child prodigy, but I never thought that. I knew that I had learned everything, that I had very good circumstances.

My friends tease me about the fact that if someone seems bad or shady or like they have a secret, I find them incredibly interesting.

God the Father's a deep root; the Son's the shoot that breaks into the world; the Spirit spreads the beauty & fragrance

Every human tribunal ought to take care to administer justice, as we look hereafter to have justice administered to ourselves.