We move between two darknesses.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.

Human beings have their great chance in the novel.

Let us think of people as starting life with an experience they forget and ending it with one which they anticipate but cannot understand.

Expansion. That is the idea the novelist must cling to. Not completion. Not rounding off, but opening out.

we may say that History develops, Art stands still

It's because you absolutely love the sport.

I haven't lost my head yet.

The mind is not a hermit's cell, but a place of hospitality and intercourse.

If I could say it, I would not have to dance it.

The climate-change deniers are rapidly ending up with as much intellectual credibility as creationists and Flat Earthers. They are nudging close to having the moral credibility of Holocaust deniers.

When How Green Was My Valley finally wrapped, I thought John Ford was a walking god.

I wouldn't say I was sexy! But I guess that's fine if that's what they say. I like that in concert. That's neat.

It's such a great feeling being able to play shows for a great cause to help people in need. If we all try to help one another the world will be a much better place.

Keep in mind that books, like art museums, are not always geared to the desires of the reader.

I started running away when I was five years old. It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized what I really wanted was somebody to come after me when I was running away.