The challenge to the improvisor is to get permanence into his spontaneity. The challenge to the composer is to get spontaneity into his permanence.

The things you fear are undefeatablenot by their nature but by your approach

Magnificent God.Mighty God.Merciful God.

All right. The snow may be falling in the winter of my discontent, but at least I've got sarcastic company.

I should hate to think that the Senate was as tired of me at the beginning of my service as I am of the Senate at the end.

One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.

I sensed that my life was better when I focused on things that were working as opposed to focusing on the long list that goes wrong, but I wanted to know if there was any validity to that.

Cities like Detroit exist because they occupy important sites. In the case of Detroit, it sits on a river between two great lakes - very important and strategic.

Whenever I'm not shooting, I'm in the editing room with my footage. While the crew is taking 15 minutes to an hour to set up the next shot, I'm behind the Avid, putting the flick together.

In this world, there is a fine line between enlightenment and brain damage.

Growing up, I was a nerd. With actual taped eyeglasses.