I am to stupid to give up, not smart enough to die

I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

For a while, Criticism travels side by side with the Work, then Criticism vanishes and it's the Readers who keep pace. The journey may be long or short.

Oral myths are closer to the genetic conclusions than the often ambiguous scientific evidence of archaeology.

I don't think people realize how much work it takes to make an album.

A dark horse, which had never been thought of, rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph.

I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum

Genres give a vocabulary. They give a frame of reference for the audience to enter into a movie. Then, once they have their footing, that's when you can start doing things that they don't expect.

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.

Material things are not to be despised-without them there can be no manifestation in the material world.

Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave.