God’s on your side

Is that not the Promethean fable, that the fire stolen from the gods will light men their way even while it burns their hands?

To seek after beauty as an end is a wild goose chase a will-o'-the-wisp because it is to misunderstand the very nature of beauty which is the normal condition of a thing being as it should be.

I was doing a lot of yoga and learning to meditate, and I found that extremely helpful, and still do and hopefully always will.

Abstract paintings must be as real as those created by the 16th century Italians.

There won't be emptiness. Emptiness is just another idea, another illusion.

Everything has its cycle. I think it's appropriate for us to be ending now. But the beauty of storytelling, and the beauty of film and television is that it continues on.

The best number for a dinner party is two; myself and a damn good head waiter.

I get a real kick out of it, seeing people wear my designs.

Those who liberated the south from Israel must show allegiance to Lebanon.

And I am happy when I sing.