Art provides us with clues about how to live our own lives more fully... art becomes our entree to the sublime.

Drawing used to be a civilized thing to do, like reading and writing. It was taught in elementary schools. It was democratic. It was a boon to happiness.

Art, not unlike raising children... may entail much sacrifice and periods of despair, but, with luck, the effort will produce something that outlives you.

The consolation of art comes in many forms... For some it is making, for others it is having.

Everything, even the most ordinary daily affair, is enriched by the lessons that can be gleaned from art.

Under ordinary circumstances, bad art naturally gets sorted out and disappears. That is how history works when it is left alone to do its job.

Out of routine comes inspiration. That's the idea, anyway. To grasp what's exceptional, you first have to know what's routine.

All writers, all storytellers, are imposing their own narrative on something.

Only by maintaining positive thoughts, by dispelling doubt and negativity, will you impress your desires upon the universe, making it bend to your will.

We are all capable of being great dreamers. We must awaken the divinity within us.

Your sacred right is to decide your own fate.

We should learn by reflection on the misfortunes of others that there is nothing singular in those which befall ourselves.

Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money.

It's an incredible feeling falling in love someone who doesn't know you exist.

A world without hope, but no despair

I like letting takes play out, beginning to end. I don't like doing pick-ups of one line or another. I like letting the actors discover the flow of the scene, inside the scene as a whole.

I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.

If you wear a suit, you can talk to anybody.