The movie I was working on, "Cleopatra", it's about how destructive a force love can be. But maybe that's what every story is about.

Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination.

What business does memory have with time?

He wished he could reassure his mother: a man wants many things in life, but when one of them is also the right thing, he would be a fool not to choose it.

He considered it a shame when people couldn't grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision.

We live in a world of banal miracles.

He found himself inhabiting the vast, empty plateau where most people live, between boredom and contentment.

Two kinds of people always lie about their ages: actresses and Latin American pitchers.

Always speak first to the toughest person in the room.

And while his mother's lecture had gone over his seven-year-old head, Pasquale saw now what she meant--how much easier life would be if our intentions and our desires could always be aligned.

I guess I forgot we were going out tonight.""We always go out on Fridays.""It's Thursday, Alvis.""You are so tied to routine.

We are always afraid to ask because we aren't afraid of the answer but the feeling of rejection

Life's better when it's fun. Boy that's deep isn't it?

Singing was the big focus and outlet for me.

I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people.

I remember too, a distant bell...and stars that fell...like the rainout of the blue.

It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.

Worship the spirit of criticism.

I've been a lifelong horror fan, but at the same time, I would say 90 percent of my reading is biographies and nonfiction history.

My parents are great listeners Which is why I never tell them anything

Fortitude, determination... in a way they're things that I idealize myself and am curious about.