Barbara said she knew it was in as soon as she shot it. She's told me a lot of lies over the last four years, but that was the biggest one I've ever heard.

It's about doing it in a way that it can't be done any better. That is the goal every day.

Bottom line, you're either a risk taker, or your not, and if you don't take risks, you'll never win big.

With the absence of pressure, it's hard to do great things.

I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus.

The NBA is all about winning, but at this level (college basketball) winning doesn't make you happy. You can win, and play lousy, and in my program, feel lousy. To me it's about: How good can we be.

Everything goes in cycles. There isn't anything that lasts indefinitely.

I like those older theaters - the acoustics are perfect, I mean, you just have that feel of there's been a thousand shows in there and now you get to be one.

Reason's last step is to acknowledge that there are infinitely many things beyond it.

I find aspects of the industry tedious and hard to manage.

To be able to create you have to have peace of mind on some level.

Who then will dare to say I'm weak or timid? No, they'll say I'm loyal as a friend, ruthless as a foe, so much like a hero destined for glory.

The idea of thinking of our relationships with people as also being structured by limitations and constraints can be useful.

When I start writing, my unconscious, my conflicts, my thoughts all start to come up. So for me, writing is an exploration. I never know how my stories will end.

I think Van Sant is the most important American director we have. He takes the most risks. He's just pure to me.

An English poet writes, I think, just for people who are interested in poetry. An American poet writes, and feels that everyone ought to appreciate this. Then he has a deep sense of grievance . . .

Death is never polite, even when we expect it.