Any director will tell you, no matter how big his budget, that it's always the budget and the day count.

Chicago is great! It's like the heart of America. It's the center and it's a beautiful city.

The fact is very few men live harmoniously, while most of us survive miraculously!

Even in times of famine, we have more than enough to eat.

I'm not a leading man.

I am probably more critical of myself than anyone else, I am very tiny - 5'1 and a half inches - so there's nowhere for weight to hide.

As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

Even the bands I dig don't have a history of attaining mass consumption.

Dreams create desire. Desire creates determination. Determination creates distance between you and failure.

You know the law, Dresden." "He who kills the cheer springs for beer," chanted the rest of the table.

Educational legislation nowadays is largely in the hands of illiterate people, and the illiterate will take good care that their illiteracy is not made a reproach on them.

Complementing the nation-state as it reaches its limits amid globalization: That is what Europe must offer.