As important as color is to a painting, or wings to a bird. Music injects vibrancy to film and makes it soar!

Trust is the action of faith.

To be a successful fiction writer you have to write well, write a lot … and let ‘em know you’ve written it! Then rinse and repeat.

Success can be defined in many ways but failure in only one ... quitting!

To me, empathy and compassion are among the bravest of emotions ... and faith, the bravest of convictions.

There's something to be said about drinking a carafe of wine by yourself ... I just can't remember at the moment what it is! (said after drinking a carafe of wine by himself)

When people communicate deceit, it's called politics. When people communicate honesty, it's called art.

Bravery is not the trait of a fearless person, lest the reckless actions of a fool be considered brave. Bravery is the quality that allows us to overcome our fears and succeed.

The soul of an artist cannot be muted indefinitely. It must either be expressed or it will consume the host.

Are you afraid of the future? That is funny because future does not exist yet! Future is not even a shadow, because shadow exists! Let go your fear and concentrate on the present time!

...maybe you think up North is way different from down South. Don't believe it and don't count on it. Custom is just as real as law and can be just as dangerous.

You don't wanna hear the truth, so I'ma lie to you...make it sound fly to you.

Sayles could pull a performance out of a dog. I'm serious. He was just amazing. The world could fall apart and he remained on neutral.

The things that are acquired consciously permit us to express ourselves unconsciously with a certain richness.

If I could, I would have my son on tour the whole time. But he has school, summer camp, and he has to see his mother.

Death and its associates, after the initial shock, produce callousness.

How much should the state be involved in regulating the growth in communities when you already have a county doing it, or a city doing it?

In a way, “failure” is just another word for “the journey,” for not being there yet but on the way. It’s the road we walk on to get wherever it is we’re trying to go.

There's a phrase in Shakespeare: he refers to it as the 'hidden imposthume', and this idea of a hidden swelling is seminal to cancer. But even in more contemporary writing it's called 'the big C'.