The purpose of art is to give the traveling human race an improved map that shows the way to itself. If art isn't for *that*, what is it for?

When I began to wait to live I really began to wait to die.

As the sun has endless lights, endless power, endless warmth, so do you also have endless love with endless power and, even better, your power of love and capacity to give grows by giving.

The separation of truth from reason is a dangerous game. I think ideas have to sink very deeply into a person's soul, into their being, before they can effect change.

The mean of true valor lies between the extremes of cowardice and rashness.

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

My interest is always to get as deeply as I can into the minds and spirits of the characters and let the readers empathize or judge as they will.

Well, there are many religions, but I suppose they all worship the same God.

I come from a culture where you don't divide it up to what you can do on TV and what you can do on film.

It was a pleasure to burn.

I like all Jim Carrey films. They're really funny.

Donald Trump is in office. It's not just another Republican candidate - Donald Trump. And people were so disaffected with the liberal message that they were willing to vote for him.