Books have given me a magic portal to connect with people of the past and the present. I know I shall never feel lonely or powerless again.

Masks camouflage the faces of both good and evil. Keeps hidden what is a truth and what is a lie.

They passed, leaving a trail of foxfire shuffled up out of the wet leaves like stars plowed in a ship's wake.

A democracy is not truly democratic unless it's secular.

After a devastating loss, your whole perspective shifts, and you're kind of in a blank space. You feel like on one side nothing matters, and on the other side a freedom because nothing matters.

I think it would be lovely to see some features on a disc of 'The Rocketeer,' with some reminiscing. I think that would be dynamite.

One writes not by will but by surrender.

I just get inspired to take a picture by the beauty and vulnerability of my friends.

I never understood a word John Cassavetes said. And I think he did that deliberately.

I think you've got to watch out for anybody in high school who says he wants to become an economist.

If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.