America seems to be at once the most religious and the most secular of all nations.

Ultimately all idolatry is worship of the self projected and objectified: all idolization is self-idolization.

Modern society has not rid itself of religion, as it fondly believes; it has merely replaced the historical religions by a host of idolatrous cults struggling for possession of the soul of man.

The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!

Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt or hat - everyone knows Mickey Mouse.

A lot of music is mathematics. It's balance.

When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!

Every artists wants to be applauded

I've had chapters in my work life that have kind of coincided with the place I am in mine. I had the best-friend phase, and the pregnant-woman phase - for a while, I was pregnant in every movie.

Im so lucky to have the opportunity to work with some directors and some actors I wouldnt have dared to think I would work with one day.

I detest imitation, I detest hackneyed devices.

Save your money, pay your taxes, it doesn't last forever.

Hairdressers are a wonderful breed. You work one-on-one with another human being and the object is to make them feel so much better and to look at themselves with a twinkle in their eye.