I don't like doing interviews. There is always the problem of being misquoted or, what's even worse, of being quoted exactly.

Never say no to an idea - you never know how that idea will ignite another idea.

However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.

I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want.

You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.

Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.

The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.

As anyone who's ever taken an Ethiopian bus knows, there is an unwritten rule that the windows must remain firmly closed.

Faith does not make things happen. It merely breeds perseverance

The most effective way to ensure the value of the future is to confront the present courageously and constructively.

A writer's business is minding other people's business ... all the vices of the village gossip are the virtues of the writer.

Death is the final wake-up call.

Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?

I am involved in the creation of software, and I'm also in the music business.

My opinion was that if we had a common enemy we should get together commonly.

People were referring to me as the new Anita Bryant. Anita would get a little jealous.

Each is like a river that leaves behind its name and shape, the whole course of its path , to vanish into the vast sea of God.