Quotes about "Wisdom & Knowledge"

I like silence. Aesthetically, I feel strangled by the fast cutting and a wall of sound. And I think showing black people thinking onscreen is radical. ”

I didn't start out thinking that I could ever make films. I started out being a film lover, loving films, and wanting to have a job that put me close to them and close to filmmakers and close to film sets. ”

I fail every once in a while, but failing is your first attempt at learning. I'm not worried about it. ”

My initial going into vegetarian was learning about eating healthy. ”

When we think of the state of the economy, we are not thinking in terms of money flow. We are thinking in terms of the effect on everyday lives of people. ”

I think when the people in Burma stop thinking about whether or not they're free, it'll mean that they're free. ”

Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity. ”

There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us; she shows us these forms, which our watching eyes do not see, which our intelligence does not understand or suspect. ”

In 1980 I sent a play, 'Jitney,' to the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, won a Jerome Fellowship, and found myself sitting in a room with sixteen playwrights. I remember looking around and thinking that since I was sitting there, I must be a playwright, too. ”

I started off in this dreadful, vulgar film called 'The Libertine.' I was just learning. I needed the money. ”