All of my books deal in a very rough, rude fashion with subjects about which there are great conflicts of opinion.

Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You'll always regret it.

Rise above principle and do what's right.

I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.

I always had an awful lot going on in my head, always telling myself stories, very vivid imagination.

I like inventive melodies and chord changes, a little bit of creativity.

Life is a painting, and you are the artist. You have on your palette all the colors in the spectrum - the same ones available to Michaelangelo and DaVinci.

Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professional pleasure of succeeding or the pain of failing, you do want your film to be seen, to communicate itself to other people.