The river is moving. The blackbird must be flying.

True villains are extremely photogenic.

All the great things have been denied and we live in an intricacy of new and local mythologies, political, economic, poetic, which are asserted with an ever-enlarging incoherence.

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The imagination is one of the forces of nature.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

I do not know which to prefer - The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling Or just after.

It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem.

All the love, learning and opportunities that you seek come from being open to life not being closed throughout it.

If there's a definition of freedom, I think it's this: living life on your terms.

To be or not to be that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them?

Monsters are born of pain, and grief, and loss, and anger. Your heart is full of them.--"And?"And it makes you vulnerable.

Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich.

Art is the expression of the profoundest thoughts in the simplest way.

China is in its own category - too big to ignore, too repressive to embrace, difficult to influence, and very, very proud.

Master of the universe is every man's potential insight, cosmic potential.

I don't like Utah. In fact, I hate them. I hate everything about them. I hate their program, their fans. I hate everything

I enjoy co-directing or even being there just for support because you get to see your script come to aural life in front of you.