The train hit her with the sound of a meat-filled hefty bag smacking the pavement, and the effect was much the same, I guess. (Dark City Lights)

I'd rather be nine people's favorite thing than a hundred people's ninth favorite thing.

It's not about what it is, but about what it can become.

Then I did The Tao of Steve and that was at Sundance in 2000 where it did really well.

The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that of the adoption of the Constitution by the states.

I wish I had more time to write.

Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun.

I am forever grateful that I got some training in the theater - it reduces performance anxiety.

Eating is one of the most important aspects of living. I like indulging. I like to eat one food at a time, to savor each individual thing.

It is a mark of civilised man that he seeks to understand his traditions, and to criticise them, not to swallow them whole.

My friends thought I was crazy, that I should wait until I was dead. But I was determined. It is easy to promise but action is different.