Ask Bill [Gates] why the string in [MS-DOS] function 9 is terminated by a dollar sign. Ask him, because he can't answer. Only I know that.

The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave.

I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.

After the war, prompted by the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, I entered Parliament so that a priest could speak out for the poor, as canon law at that time still permitted.

The near touch of death may be a release into life; if only it will break the egoistic will, and release that other flow.

I've sung a lot of emotional songs, but when you're writing it's very difficult to decide what to reveal.

What is the ideal audio atmosphere for creativity and it turns out it is not complete silence, and it is not a very loud atmosphere, it's something about 70 decibels.

When you are a beginning film maker you are desperate to survive. The most important thing in the end is survival and being able to get to your next picture.

The creative process can sustain itself throughout the entire celebration of photography.

Republican Party hasn't been black friendly over the many centuries in this country.

Being poor is a frame of mind.